johnld wrote:
adrianb wrote
Some images shot on Contax 645 and Portra 400, lenses used: Carl Zeiss 80mm F2 planar and Carl Zeiss 35mm F3.5 Distago (unless they were all shot with the 80mm, can't remember) As soon as I saw the Citroen I knew that was the Zeiss 80mm f/2 and Contax 645. Beautiful rendering. Have you had any reliability issue with the Contax 645?
As long as I've owned it, no. I didn't shoot that much with it. To be bluntly honest, there is a lot of 'hype' around this camera (and the 80mm planar), especially from hipster wedding shooters...
It didn't impress me with anything, the AF is not reliable (especially if you're trying to shoot a portrait with the 80 at F2).
The 80mm is not that sharp (not that sharpness is the most important aspect of a lens, but I was expecting more from a Zeiss lens).
I've actually sold the camera along with the 80mm whilst I was in Netherlands.
I've borrowed a Mamiya 645 AFD + 80mm f2.8 recently, from a friend and shot 3 rolls (3 Velvia iso 50 and one Provia iso 100) and I think the Mamiya will pretty much give the Contax a run for its money...
I'll be posting some more images soon (with the contax).