mkuhlma
Member
Hello to all
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after having been a contaxinfo member many years ago and after a long photography break I return to analogue photography and to camerainfo.
You might be know pretty well the mirror slip problem of Contax SLR's (which is a shame). It was this issue that caused a serious damage to my oldest RTS II body when I wanted to take a photo with a Distagon 4/18 and the mirror smashed against the back of the lens. It was a pity - for that RTS II was non-repairable and it had been in nearly perfect condition
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I have stayed with RTS II bodies til today and would love to work again with that really wonderful wide angle lens (I sold mine years ago, but now think of re-bying one). But I am too anxious to use it on my SLR in the normal mode. I fear that the mirror slip problem might return in any moment and you might know the form of the Distagon 18mm which gets extremely close to the mirror
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So I think of using mirror up constantly (which is possible with RTS II as you might know) and use an external view finder for wide angle 18 mm.![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
May anyone of you have a recommendation for such a view finder?
I've actually found this one - but I'd like to take a less expensive one.
Thanks a lot in advance
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Michael
after having been a contaxinfo member many years ago and after a long photography break I return to analogue photography and to camerainfo.
You might be know pretty well the mirror slip problem of Contax SLR's (which is a shame). It was this issue that caused a serious damage to my oldest RTS II body when I wanted to take a photo with a Distagon 4/18 and the mirror smashed against the back of the lens. It was a pity - for that RTS II was non-repairable and it had been in nearly perfect condition
I have stayed with RTS II bodies til today and would love to work again with that really wonderful wide angle lens (I sold mine years ago, but now think of re-bying one). But I am too anxious to use it on my SLR in the normal mode. I fear that the mirror slip problem might return in any moment and you might know the form of the Distagon 18mm which gets extremely close to the mirror
So I think of using mirror up constantly (which is possible with RTS II as you might know) and use an external view finder for wide angle 18 mm.
May anyone of you have a recommendation for such a view finder?
I've actually found this one - but I'd like to take a less expensive one.
Thanks a lot in advance
Michael