Im quite eager to jump onto the MFD bandwagon.
Would love to go Hassie but money is an issue....
Contemplating Contax 645 with a Aptus 75 back - all in great shape - and I want to use it for landscapes, macro, portraiture and occasional travel photography.
Keeping my M9 for holidays and such ( and to have a light light option ) but I just fell in love with the Contax 645 Zeiss lens. 120 Makro, 80 Plannar they seem drop dead gorgeous, images just POP, 3D separation everywhere, bokeh is gorgeous.
My gripes are :
- should I go for it ? Contax support is flimsy at best, brand is closed and that worries me.
- Aptus is the same thing : support is scarce here in Portugal and its a discontinued product although the store does offer a 6 month warranty
Not having pre-buyers remorse but its a hell lot of money if something goes wrong. Contax 645 complete + Aptus 75 is around 10.000 usd with warranty - good deal I reckon but...
ps : I'm going to trade in my Nocti and couple of Leica old lens to reduce that 10k to nil pretty much so "hey theres a H3DII over there for sale" not an option. unless they take a Nocitlux 0.95 and few stuff as trade in
pss : if anyone knows any European store that have MFD backs for sale and do trade ins, I'm all ears
Would love to go Hassie but money is an issue....
Contemplating Contax 645 with a Aptus 75 back - all in great shape - and I want to use it for landscapes, macro, portraiture and occasional travel photography.
Keeping my M9 for holidays and such ( and to have a light light option ) but I just fell in love with the Contax 645 Zeiss lens. 120 Makro, 80 Plannar they seem drop dead gorgeous, images just POP, 3D separation everywhere, bokeh is gorgeous.
My gripes are :
- should I go for it ? Contax support is flimsy at best, brand is closed and that worries me.
- Aptus is the same thing : support is scarce here in Portugal and its a discontinued product although the store does offer a 6 month warranty
Not having pre-buyers remorse but its a hell lot of money if something goes wrong. Contax 645 complete + Aptus 75 is around 10.000 usd with warranty - good deal I reckon but...
ps : I'm going to trade in my Nocti and couple of Leica old lens to reduce that 10k to nil pretty much so "hey theres a H3DII over there for sale" not an option. unless they take a Nocitlux 0.95 and few stuff as trade in
pss : if anyone knows any European store that have MFD backs for sale and do trade ins, I'm all ears