Santa comes early.

Mitica100 · Dec 12, 2010

And he brings me a little gem, a 1953 Zeiss Ikon Contessa 35 with a good Opton Tessar 45/2.8 lens. Put some film in it, working on exposing it in a day or two.

Ken Rockwell Fan · Dec 12, 2010

Wow! Nice grab!!

Happy Holidays!!!

compur · Dec 12, 2010

A beauty! Congrats!

Paul Ron · Dec 13, 2010

I restored a few of those a few eyars ago. It seems the rangefinders are a PIA to adjsut once you open her up to access the shutter. I could never get it to align properly after that. I was told the Germans had a hard time doing it as well.

Nice camera!

Derrel · Dec 13, 2010

Wow, that example looks totally sweet! I have a few folders...there's something almost indescribably sexy about a camera that folds closed...

tirediron · Dec 13, 2010

Nice!

Allen · Dec 13, 2010

Santa kicks ass.

Mitica100 · Dec 13, 2010

Allen said:
Santa kicks ass.

Oh yes, he does!

Say, is your avatar a picture of Dmitri Shostakovich? Looks exactly like him.

Allen · Dec 14, 2010

Yes it is. He's one of my favorites.
That image also resembles me a great deal, although I don't resemble Shostakovich so much.

Mitica100 · Dec 14, 2010

Allen said:
Yes it is. He's one of my favorites.
That image also resembles me a great deal, although I don't resemble Shostakovich so much.

I was just about to meet him in the mid 70s when my orchestra toured former USSR, a pity he died before we got there. Love his 9th Symphony, less known piece. Instead, I met one of his 'enemies' when I was about 10-11 years old, Aram Khatchaturian.