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An RTS bus of the Los Angeles County MTA. Two things notable about this photo: first is the old RTD paint scheme, with the three-color stripe and the black windows...introduced and rolled out originally for the 1984 Olympics; second is that this was the old bus terminal on the north side of Union Station, before the new MTA HQ building was built.
I've removed the original leatherette (if you want to call it that). Yashica used a rather different material to cover the RTS.
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And now for a little bit of urban anthropology.
The city of Łódź hosts two major football teams, RTS Widzew and ŁKS. RTS stands for 'Robotnicze Towarzystwo Sportowe' - Workers' Sports Association and ŁKS for 'Łódzki Klub Sportowy' - Łódź Sports Club. They were founded in 1908 and 1910 respectively. Widzew is the name of a major eastern district of the city.
The two clubs are known for the rivalry between their supporters. They are very territorial and as things stand, the city is split more or less in half between the respective groups (roughly East vs. West). Various graffiti marking the local allegiance are commonly seen. The photo shows one such graffiti.
'RTS' in large letters stands for the Widzew team. 'ŚRÓDMIEŚCIE' means 'City Centre' or 'Downtown', the name of the local district. A small 'ŁKS' logo can be seen in the bottom right; it is drawn upside-down as a sign of disrespect. One can summarize the intended meaning as: 'We, the people of the Downtown district, support the Widzew team, and despise the ŁKS team' or, alternatively, 'We, the supporters of Widzew, who despise the ŁKS team, claim the Downtown district as our own'.
I could not resist this weather-beaten Contax RTS, sitting all alone in the second-hand window of my favourite dealer, though I had sworn not to invest in another analogue camera system again, but alas ..
heading Vienna in transit at Rekawinkel Station (25 km west of Vienna)
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It's RTs galore in the yard outside Barking garage (BK) c1978, although out of shot are some DMSs and there is one Routemaster here (though IIRC BK did not have an RM allocation at that time).
RT 2773 is in centre-shot, with RT 2541 nearest to the camera. The latter looks like a recent arrival from Catford garage (TL); I remember it as a regular performer on the 62s and 87s and in fact it survived to the very end of RT operation. See also www.flickr.com/photos/16313630@N07/5649286481/. To the left is RT 1989, with blinds for route 62.
De inmiddels bekende RTS trein die met vuile ballast vanuit Duitsland naar Bonder in Maarssen rijdt, trok vandaag ook weer door het land als 50500. Vandaag had de wolkenloterij een winnend lot in oa Driebergen-Zeist, waardoor de trein uit Wesel in een stralend zomerzonnetje werd vastgelegd. 22 augustus 2012.
Operator: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
Manufacturer: Transportation Manufacturing Corp. (TMC)
Year/Model: 1992/RTS T80-206
Location: Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
Line: 33
1973 ERF A-series flat in the livery of J W Richards, Haddenham, Cambs.
Registered in June 1988.
Cheffins vintage and classic auction, Sutton -
"Serial No. 26818 Fitted with a Gardner 100 5LW engine, aluminium body and 7LVL cab. RTS 457 was purchased new by Joseph Grant Ltd, Broughty Ferry, Scotland. For reasons unknown the lorry stood unused until 1988 when it was first registered. It has covered just 16,116km and is stated to never have carried a commercial load. It was purchased by Jack Richards in 2000 and restored cosmetically in the same year."
Sold for £22,000.
Opnieuw mocht RTS met de fraai 1458 met een trein uit Amersfoort vertrekken, dit keer geen fccpps'n maar de stopmachine 3X en de SSP, die helaas maar deels op de foto staat. Sinds vorig jaar heeft deze stek flink aan charme verloren door de bouw van een nieuw gebouw aan de rechterkant van het water waardoor de gehele trein niet in beeld genomen kon worden en er een vervelende schaduw op de trein valt. We zien de korte werktrein op de avond van 19 juni 2012 tijdens een kortstondig zonnig moment ter hoogte van de fraaie Koppelpoort passeren op weg naar Zwolle.
Contax RTS II with Zeiss 2.4/35 Flektogon
In 1975 the Contax RTS was introduced, a collaboration among Yashica, Zeiss and Porsche. In 1982 the RTS II followed in nearly the same outfit. They can easily be distinguished by the self-timer, the RTS has a mechanical one while the one of the RTS II is electronic. That directs us to the main differences - the RTS II has more electronic on board: LEDs in the viewfinder instead of a needle and TTL-flash metering.
The built quality is fantastic, the camera is often compared with the Nikon F3. Especially the viewfinder is fine, it's like sitting in the cinema and watching an 8k movie. Unfortunately I'm not very enthusiastic about the ergonomics. The camera is not comfortable to hold, and the tip of my index finger easily collides with the ISO-dial when laying on the shutter button.
Some notes:
* The RTS II is optimized for the use with the automatic exposure mode, which means, that you can easily correct (or manipulate) the exposure. First of all the exposure compensation dial is at the prominent place where you usually expect the shutter speed dial, and the dial is large, the values of compensation are clearly visible. If a compensation is set, it is also indicated in the viewer, as "+" or "-". And because you needn't to set a shutter speed in AE mode, the shutter speed dial moved to a less practical place around the rewind crank. Even more sophisticated is the use of the AE-lock. It is activated with a lever around the exposure button at the front side. It locks itself into place and keeps the exposure information until you turn it back, so you can shoot a complete film with the same exposure value without searching the spot with the right brightness again and again. The nice thing: while the exposure is locked, you can change the f-stop and the shutter speed will be corrected automatically (That reminds of those exposure value shutters of the late 50ies, where shutter speed and f-stop are coupled). Not so nice: when the exposure is locked the LEDs in the viewfinder are lit permanently and will exhaust the battery more quickly.
* The funny design of the rewind crank is remarkable. It is possible, that the grip of the crank inhibits the view onto the shutter speed on the dial. To prevent that, the designers made a little basket at the "A", where the grip can rest in. Just for that reason the rewind crank is disengaged from its shaft when it is folded, otherwise it would block the film advance. To make it still possible to control the film advance, there is a white stroke in the center of the rewind crank; it will rotate simultaneously with the film spool.
* Besides a connection for a electronic remote control on the back the RTS II has a second one for a mechanical cable release near the bayonet mount. With the mechanical one the shutter can only be opened in B-mode, and independently of the setting of the shutter speed dial. Unlike the B on the shutter speed dial, that B with the cable release works mechanically, there is no battery required. Perhaps there was an astro photographer among the designers.
* When cameras got more and more electronic and dependent from a battery, some of them has a mechanical back-up shutter speed, mostly set with an "X" on the shutter speed dial. The facility of the RTS II is .. completely different. There is a lever around the DOF-button, if it is turned the DOF-button serves as shutter button. It works always, even when the camera is switched off. The shutter speed is 1/50 s then. The "X" on the shutter speed dial represents the X-sync shutter speed of 1/60 s and it runs only with a battery inserted.
* Perhaps you've noticed the golden cap on PC-socket. It is the "50th anniversary Contax" button and should remind the user of the first Contax from 1932. I have no idea if the button is related to the serial number of the camera body somehow, it can be mounted on every RTS II. This camera here is a common RTS II otherwise. Some people on the net demand money for that gem you can buy a Zeiss lens for.
* RTS stands for "Real Time System", which means that no time should be wasted to open the shutter after the shutter button was pressed. Take that seriously! The shutter opens, when the shutter button is pressed down about half a millimeter. So, if you are pressing down the shutter button to activate the exposure meter like on other cameras - oops, you have already taken a photo. Remember, the exposure meter is activated with an extra button at the front side.
* Yashica offered some nice motor drives for the RTS II, but the winder of my Yashica FR I fits too. The winder of the Contax 139 is not compatible, though the cameras look similar.
* As you can see, Yashica offered also an M42 adapter. So I decided to present the RTS II with a Flektogon, at least the origin of the Distagon. And the only suitable Zeiss lens I have is the 1.7 Planar - can't you afford the 1.4?