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TOPIC: Bessa T and 35/2.5 Color-Skopar
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Bessa T and 35/2.5 Color-Skopar 1 Year, 2 Months ago Karma: 0  
Yesterday my wife, daughter and I went to a town about an hour south, on the west coast of Sweden (Varberg).

There has always been a camera store there that borders on the tradition store with chemicals, paper and unusually cameras to your basic 1-hour processing and digital assortment.

The traditional stuff is becoming less and less featured, of course. That is the way things are going. One of the consequences of this is that they had a Bessa T body and 35/2.5 Color-Skopar on sale, priced to move. They were asking a good bit less than 200 USD for both and they were brand-new.

I couldn't resist. I have often considered the 35/2.5 as a standard 35mm for my Leica III bodies (the LTM->M adapter was included in the price too).

Here are two shots from the first roll (Fomapan 200):

The first one is a little blurred because the shutter speed was very slow, lens wide-open and Rebecca blinked just when I pressed the shutter, blurring her eye-lashes.



The second shot is one of my oldest son. It was a heavy overcast and flat day, but the lens delivers come good contrast despite all:



Anyway, just my way of saying "hi". I just joined the forum recently.

Daniel
 
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Re:Bessa T and 35/2.5 Color-Skopar 1 Year, 2 Months ago Karma: 3  
Great shots and heck of a lucky deal you got!

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Isn't this a great combination? I recently picked up a black Bessa T to go w/ my 35/2.5 Color-Skopar and 28/3.5 Skopar. Then, over the weekend, I won a post-war Elmar 50/3.5 on the 'bay, which I plan on using w/ the T. The 35 Skopar/50 Elmar plus T strikes me as a fun, lightweight kit for travel and street shooting.

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Re:Bessa T and 35/2.5 Color-Skopar 1 Year, 2 Months ago Karma: 0  
Bingley wrote:
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Isn't this a great combination? I recently picked up a black Bessa T to go w/ my 35/2.5 Color-Skopar and 28/3.5 Skopar. Then, over the weekend, I won a post-war Elmar 50/3.5 on the 'bay, which I plan on using w/ the T. The 35 Skopar/50 Elmar plus T strikes me as a fun, lightweight kit for travel and street shooting.


It is a nice light kit. I too have an Elmar 50/3.5 but I haven't tried it with this camera yet. The 35 Skopar came with an adatper for 50/75 so I was able to fit the Elmar on to an M body. Now _that_ makes for a flat package too. No viewfinder to stick up.

I have a Leica 35mm viewfinder, but I'd like a little smaller one. I'm not complaining though.

A couple a weeks ago my Leica CL was stolen from a train, well, from my bag on a train. This outfit replaces it as a traveling camera.

I am really impressed with the lens. That leads me to ask ... how is the 38/3.5 Skopar?

Best,
Daniel
 
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