The one below was taken with the Contax G2 loaded with Velvia 50. I started taking shots with both cameras. I had taken my tripod, Sony A7R with Zeiss 16-35 FE lens and the Contax G2 with the Zeiss 28mm. Luckily, my opportunity came soon enough and I got a position right in front of the lake. As expected, there were tons of tourists ahead of us but I knew that patience was the name of the game and the tourists would be gone as soon as the light became interesting from a photographer’s point of view. So, three of us woke up at 4:30am and left the hotel to go to Angkor. I had done my research on when to go and which pond to stand in front of to get the sunrise reflection shot – exactly the same position from where the day photo above was taken. This was taken with my favorite film camera, the Contax G2, loaded with Velvia 50 film.īut to truly experience the beauty of Angkor, one must go in the morning. We visited Angkor Wat during the afternoon and it was truly stunning.
All of this makes for a great combination but most people really visit Cambodia for Angkor Wat, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The people are extremely friendly and generally the country is reasonably well set up for tourism. I have never used the T camera's, but I have always wanted one of those Fuji Klausse W cameras, which Fuji just decided to cease production of (more food for thought).We visited Cambodia in December 2014. Last, I found this guy a great G owner, he really broke down the nuances: Be careful buying a used expensive camera/lens, make sure you can evaluate it and return if it is not as described.
Note, any of my conclusions I made in my research could be wrong, make your own determination. I am not sure off the top of my head which lenses the one without the green sticker will take, but think Rockewells site breaks it down nice.
#FLICKR CONTAX G2 UPGRADE#
As anyone will say, get good glass and upgrade later as you can afford, especially since these lenses are being bought up a lot for non-analog cameras as of late however as Rich says, there are different breeds of G1s if you take that route since they are so inexpensive, there are two: one that can take only some lenses and then the expanded one (green sticker). However, I believe in all my research, I read that the 90mm is not the best with the G1 due to the G1 not having a two tiered focusing methodology. The focal length is a personal preference, so the 28mm is what I got, due to the subject matter I wanted to use it with. I dont think you can go wrong with any of the G lenses (well the 16mm is a bit of unique lens that is quite expensive). Re flashes, I dont use them much and ended up just using my larger one, but there is some great info re Contax Gs and flashes here: I figured the G2 being from >1996 and <2006 would have this occur less than the G1 which is <=1996. Third, I wanted the G2 because it was newer and for a battery dependent modern camera, I read a few postings of sellers talking about LCD bleed in their Gs. I sometimes keep a roll of 400 at 800 and shoot indoor, but if I happen to be outdoor in sun, it can still handle it with a 1/6000 and wide open (f2.8). I also liked that the G2 has faster shutter speeds, the G1 is max 1/2000 and G2 can get 1/6000 when in Auto mode and 1/4000 in manual. (there was a url link here which no longer exists) I went the G2 route because I love black, I have always wanted a black RF with interchangeable lenses and had to splurge on the G2 (I believe they only made the G2 in black): I, like you did a ton of research and was helped by many of the posters here, these folks are great! I just joined the Contax G family myself.
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