Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Don't I Know You From Somewhere?


That prism shape...that focal length...those proportions...

Didn't we meet in 1962 at the Dusseldorf trade fair? Or was it on the trip up the Zermatt? Or on holiday at Torquay in '63? You were wearing a heavy brown leather case with a chrome ring on the front?

Are you Zeiss Ikon Contaflex? No? Ah, my mistake. You look so similar...ah, I remember the excellent black and white pictures from the Contaflex...

What's that you say? You can take black and white pictures? With yellow, red, or green filter? Ah, but the Contaflex could take colour slide pictures as well.

Classic Chrome? Show me. Why, that looks like Ko....Ah...I see. Yes. Say no more...

Ah, but can you shoot 36 pictures without reloading? I expect 36 good postcard shots if I go on holiday. Look on the screen? Medium size - normal quality -  3:2 ratio. 9733 shots.
Umm....

And you shoot motion pictures with sound? And you have a waist-level finder as well? Ah, but you must have a pretty slow and basic shutter, then...1 second to 1/4000 second, eh? Ah...

Please tell me your name. Fujifilm X-T10 with Fujinon XF 27mm f:2.8 lens? Pleased to meet you. Very pleased!


Do you have a heavy brown leather case? Could you get one? For me?





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Don't I Know You From Somewhere?


That prism shape...that focal length...those proportions...

Didn't we meet in 1962 at the Dusseldorf trade fair? Or was it on the trip up the Zermatt? Or on holiday at Torquay in '63? You were wearing a heavy brown leather case with a chrome ring on the front?

Are you Zeiss Ikon Contaflex? No? Ah, my mistake. You look so similar...ah, I remember the excellent black and white pictures from the Contaflex...

What's that you say? You can take black and white pictures? With yellow, red, or green filter? Ah, but the Contaflex could take colour slide pictures as well.

Classic Chrome? Show me. Why, that looks like Ko....Ah...I see. Yes. Say no more...

Ah, but can you shoot 36 pictures without reloading? I expect 36 good postcard shots if I go on holiday. Look on the screen? Medium size - normal quality -  3:2 ratio. 9733 shots.
Umm....

And you shoot motion pictures with sound? And you have a waist-level finder as well? Ah, but you must have a pretty slow and basic shutter, then...1 second to 1/4000 second, eh? Ah...

Please tell me your name. Fujifilm X-T10 with Fujinon XF 27mm f:2.8 lens? Pleased to meet you. Very pleased!


Do you have a heavy brown leather case? Could you get one? For me?





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