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This is more than just stylistic touch. The words physically manifest above his head when he flexes.
Testing my newly purchased Olympus Flex f/3.5 TLR. Very impressed with the results so far. Shot using Ilford FP4.
Green Heron - - - - - - ( Butorides virescens )
Headed back to shore, his bowed wings remind me of some of the poses bodybuilders strike.
Above Lake Emerald, in Oakland Park, Florida -US- near Fort Lauderdale.
Shot from my balcony over the lake, mid-afternoon, Wednesday, August 15, 2007.
See him LARGER, if you wish.
See WHERE. ( When map appears, click "Hybrid" and "+" sign for best map view.)
One of the very few Ford Flex models in the Netherlands. This full-size crossover car is available since 2008 but is not exported to Europe.
Inspired by the soggy weather, and the apparent popularity of mushroom-themed items at our local crafts market, I decided to try something a little different. The shape was accomplished by adding the stem to a tongue shape. Getting into the corners was a little tricky on Genie wheels (I think a Dremel or a Flex-shaft would be useful here), but it worked. The starburst jasper undercut slightly in the starbursts, which isn't something that I've seen previously. Could be the bald wheels creating extra drag, or the fact that I'm using a squirt bottle to keep the wheels wet.
Overall, I'm pretty pleased for a first attempt.
Crunch is a Flexer. Crunch likes to give great big hugs. Crunch likes to play frisbee with his friends Biff and Rex.
Built for the Brickset Mixels Series 2 Competition using parts from 41515, 41516, and 41517.
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I know which of these two is prettier, but that's a personal opinion and I freely admit I am not exactly unbiased.
The Contarex Special considerably exceeds the already not exactly petite Leicaflex in bulk. Keep in mind that the Special is considerably slimmer than the original Contarex "Bullauge", which has been incorrectly and non-sensically translated into English as "Bull's Eye". Bullauge means "porthole" - a ship's circular window with a solid metal frame (or "scuttle", for those who have a RN background), for obvious reasons.
Originally I didn't want a Contasaurus Rex. I certainly don't want the original one. I have a friend who has one. It doesn't work. He showed me how incredibly difficult it is just to get the top cover off. It's axiomatic that some collateral damage is incurred before you get to whatever you want to fix. No way I'll ever get one of those. But after shooting a few films with the Zeiss Ultron on an Icarex, and being delighted with the results, I can be forgiven for wanting to try a Planar on a ZI.
The Special is much simpler in layout. It's almost a normal camera. Almost, but not quite. It still is, tangibly and intimidatingly, a Contarex. But at least it doesn't have this horrendously complex, fragile and also spectacularly ugly (OK, that is just my opinion) selenium meter which would not be likely to work any more today.
The Contarex Special comes with a prism viewfinder that can easily be exchanged against a viewfinder and a plain ground glass focusing screen that can be exchanged against a Fresnel screen with a split image circle.
I only have the prism viewfinder and the plain focusing screen, but I find that focusing is rather easy with the Planar lens. The scene just appears to jump in and out of focus. However, a Contarex user should not expect (and won't get) a huge, bright viewfinder screen like in a Leicaflex.
Shot with:
Canon EOS600D
Leica Bellows R (16860)
Leica 100mm f/4 Macro Elmar-R, bellows version (11230)