Holy (#@&!

ntenny · Dec 25, 2009

My dad sent me his complete Contax IIIa kit for Christmas! Body, 50/1.5, 85/2, and 135/4 Sonnars, 28/3.3(?) Angulon, turret viewfinder, and a Kilfitt reflex viewer and 300/5.6 Tele-Kilar, wrapped up in a pair of nice leather carrying bags along with a copy of _The Contax Way_.

I don't know why I buy cameras; I should just be hanging around waiting to inherit them!

Just wanted to crow about my good fortune a bit. (And to ask about that weird Angulon; Google gives me no evidence that such a lens exists. It looks highly prewar and has weird f-stops: 3.3, 4.5, 6, 9, 12. What *is* this thing?)

-NT

photoncatcher · Dec 25, 2009

That's one heck of a Christmas gift. You have an amazing Dad, and I think it's great that he realizes that you will get as much joy from his equipment as he must have had. One of the great things about the classic film cameras is that they can become family heirlooms. I doubt that anyone will be handing down the newest digi cam in 20 years. Wish I could help with the item you mentioned, maybe some one at photo.net will know. Happy Holidays.

ntenny · Dec 25, 2009

Ah, here we go; I was reading too fast, fooled by a Schneider lens cap. It's not an Angulon but a Berthiot *Angulor*. Apparently Berthiot lenses in Contax mount are quite rare, but I haven't been able to determine if they're any *good*...

It is, indeed, one heck of a Christmas gift. We have a lot of photography in the family---my dad managed a shop for a number of years as well as being a serious hobbyist and occasionally selling a shot or two, and his grandfather was an early pro and a very serious LF landscape shooter---and I seem to have become the point where all the old equipment converges. Well, darn!

-NT

Rick A · Dec 25, 2009

ntenny said:
My dad sent me his complete Contax IIIa kit for Christmas! Body, 50/1.5, 85/2, and 135/4 Sonnars, 28/3.3(?) Angulon, turret viewfinder, and a Kilfitt reflex viewer and 300/5.6 Tele-Kilar, wrapped up in a pair of nice leather carrying bags along with a copy of _The Contax Way_.

I don't know why I buy cameras; I should just be hanging around waiting to inherit them!

Just wanted to crow about my good fortune a bit. (And to ask about that weird Angulon; Google gives me no evidence that such a lens exists. It looks highly prewar and has weird f-stops: 3.3, 4.5, 6, 9, 12. What *is* this thing?)

-NT

CAW CAW CAW --you fortunate child!!
Merry Christmas

Rick

David A. Goldfarb · Dec 25, 2009

Congrats, that is a great gift.

S.O.M. Berthiot lenses don't seem too common in the U.S., but they were a manufacturer of fine cine and large format lenses as well as 35mm lenses for Alpa and Exacta, I believe, and I suppose Contax as well. I have a 120mm/f:14 Berthiot Perigraphe ultrawide that covers 8x10", and it's a great little lens--

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidagoldfarb/2868164732/

mhcfires · Dec 25, 2009

Wow! Sounds like a great gift! It looks like you will have just a little bit more to keep your free time to a minimum.

Venchka · Dec 25, 2009

Use it well.

ntenny said:
Ah, here we go; I was reading too fast, fooled by a Schneider lens cap. It's not an Angulon but a Berthiot *Angulor*. Apparently Berthiot lenses in Contax mount are quite rare, but I haven't been able to determine if they're any *good*...

-NT

What a nice change from, "I inherited this, that & the other. How much can I get for them?"

Every lens ever made is good at something. It's your job to find that something.

Enjoy!

mhcfires · Dec 28, 2009

Where are the pictures? We want to see your kit.

Steve Smith · Dec 29, 2009

Yes, Holy (#@&! indeed!

Steve.

Jeff Kubach · Dec 29, 2009

I wish I had that kind of luck!

Jeff

mpirie · Dec 29, 2009

Jeff Kubach said:
I wish I had that kind of luck!

I wish I had that kind of relatives!

Mike

argentometry · Jan 12, 2010

Wow! Very nice stuff! Wish you lots of fun and joy with the kit!

Photos of the kit would be cool.

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