If I could anthropomorphize the G2, itвЂ™s anВ unapologetically awkward, runway-gorgeous genius. ItвЂ™s time to do a review on the Contax G2. Required to ensure your camera, lens and light meter is reliable and accurate.Over 500 people have signed up for EMULSIVE Santa 2021, the world's largest annual film/traditional photography gift exchange! Time is short, click here to register by October 31st. With every tool and resource needed to repair, replace or manufacture any Serviced with care, skill, craftsmanship and patience.

This is another extremely expensive lubricant that requires absolutelyД¬lean and bright metal surfaces to operate properly.ДЇinally, here is a picture of the workroom where your camera will be This is the special grease used for winterization and arctic service. Holds approximately one quarter of one milliliter of oil. This is why camera disassembly and ultrasonic cleaning of all moving partsДЇor Arctic service this special oil is used. With such an oil is that the metal surfaces must be absolutely clean. Although it is extremely expensive, onlyДЄ small amount is require to service a body. Here is a photograph of the special lubricating oil I use to serviceД¬ontax cameras that are winterized. A camera that has been overhauled here will serve you reliably for many years and will be a great picture taking camera. No one else, anywhere, overhauls a Contax IIa/IIIa camera to this level of completeness and quality. A Contax III is shown mounted on it.ДЇollowing this the camera is periodically retested and readjusted as necessary over a period of three days to ensure that all of its adjustments are firmly set and that the camera is 100% reliable. Each and every camera whose lens mount is disturbed during servicing is aligned on this autocollimator to ensure the best possible sharpness from edge to edge. It is used to precision align the lens mount to the film plane. This example shows a Contax IIa with a 50 mm f1.5 Sonnar viewing a very small portion of a large wall hanging Starrett Micrometer Instruction Chart at a distance of 2 meters. This machine provides a highly magnified ultra-high resolution view of a small segment through the center of the lens, through the camera in real time. Every camera I work on is given a final check of picture perfection on the ZTS Precision Focus Tester.

The final test of any camera is the pictures it takes. Then all the parts are inspected for wear and they are lubricated and the camera is assembled, adjusted and calibrated.

In a regular servicing overhaul your camera is completely disassembled, all of its parts (including the screws, nuts and bolts) are ultrasonically and hand cleaned. And just how much good is a camera to you if it will fail when you need it the most? So when you buy a good looking Contax IIa with 50mm f1.5 Sonnar on Ebay or at an estate sale for $239.00 or less there is a very good reason for the large discount and this is the fact the camera is no longer reliable. This is roughly equivalent to $3478.00 in today's dollars. The Zeiss Ikon Price List of lists the retail price of a Contax IIa Black Dial with the f1.5 50mm Sonnar lens to be $318.00. A completely overhauled 50 year old camera is a reliable camera and a partially repaired one is an unreliable camera. There's no point in taking a camera on an expensive vacation when it is ready to present another problem at any time. The only good cameras is a reliable camera. It is more economical to just solve them all at one time and save you shipping and wait time. Once one problem crops up you can anticipate that more will follow.

It is not economical to solve problems piecemeal with a 50 year old camera. You will note that I do not offer partial repair services. Inside they were dirty, corroded, and with parts coated with sticky deteriorated 50 year old lubricant. I have overhauled a number of cameras which were supposedly 'CLA'd' or 'Serviced' by large shops and have discovered when these cameras were opened that nothing had been done inside them to change their status. To put it simply, these people have been robbed. Then they send it back, only to receive it again after a wait of some months, only to find it doesn't act any differently again. Many people shop for repairs by price only to find out that when the camera is returned, sometimes after a wait of two to three months, it doesn't act any differently. People find out these old cameras, while being exceedingly beautiful, are practically unreliable due to their age, and look for a source of repairs. Contax IIa and IIIa cameras have become very popular in recent years. There are some things in life where it just doesn't pay to shop by price.

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