RE: Using a Contax G2

[Patrick Magee <pmagee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I emailed Contax about the G1 and they said it would fog the film. They do 
have a fix to minimize the effect. I am now wondering if the fix has been 
made standard on the G2?

On Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:14 PM, Jim Bisnett 
[SMTP:jtbisnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A while back I sent a note asking if anyone had used a Contax G2 and
> Kodak HIE. I was hoping to  use this camera since it is a rangefinder.
> So if  I was to  use an opaque filter (ie 87c) I could still see what I
> was taking a picture of.  I was afraid that the IR film counter would
> mess up the picture part of the negative.  Even though they might be
> wasted, I shot two rolls of HIE with the camera and the 21mm lense and a
> red filter. I got back the results today and I am very pleased. The IR
> counter did not intrude on the picture at all. I shot a number of frames
> with the lense cap on so I could see just what the counter would do and
> I am lucky that mine doe not intrude at all.
>
> The thing I forgot about is the data back. Well... If you have data
> printed between the frames that intrudes a very little bit. But on the
> G2 that is easy to turn off if necessary.
>
> Well off the by an opaque filter for my 21 mm lense.
>
>  Jim Bisnett
>
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