Ambermile
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Right then, I finally found one of these and am quite happy with it now - but up until a couple of days ago it was up for sale as it has one glaring ommission that I could not live with. Wassat I hear you say? There is *no* accommodation for a filter. At all. Nowhere. Nothing. As I shoot more bw than colour this becomes a major issue and for me enough to have to sell on the camera.
Digging around a few days ago in my bits box I came across a 32mm press-fit filter mount for removable/replaceable filters. In the box too I had a uv filter, a yellow and a green, all three of which fit into the holder almost like they were made to. Actually, they were made to fit - but you get the point
Not wanting to scratch the lens body on the Contax I cut a thin strip of used film to fit inside the filter holder where it touches the body, set the pressure of the three sprung "tangs" and away we go - I get a yellow, a green and a uv filter to fit a very nice camera - and more to the point the camera gets to stay here with me!
Is there a downside? Well yes, you have to remove the filter when the camera is turned off because of that drawbridge at the front but in fairness, this camera will not turn itself off if it gets bored like some do so that's really not that great a problem
Digging around a few days ago in my bits box I came across a 32mm press-fit filter mount for removable/replaceable filters. In the box too I had a uv filter, a yellow and a green, all three of which fit into the holder almost like they were made to. Actually, they were made to fit - but you get the point
Not wanting to scratch the lens body on the Contax I cut a thin strip of used film to fit inside the filter holder where it touches the body, set the pressure of the three sprung "tangs" and away we go - I get a yellow, a green and a uv filter to fit a very nice camera - and more to the point the camera gets to stay here with me!
Is there a downside? Well yes, you have to remove the filter when the camera is turned off because of that drawbridge at the front but in fairness, this camera will not turn itself off if it gets bored like some do so that's really not that great a problem
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