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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?
Old photo from 2002 in Tijuana. I posted my picture of the back of this bus years ago. Here's the front.
A flock of retired RTS buses being parted out in a truck repair yard in West Sacramento, California.
Retired RTS bus in San Diego, now in private ownership, doesn't appear operational. I think people can underestimate the huge financial commitment an old bus requires. Repairs can require specialized tools and hard-to-find parts, and major work easily reaches into the tens of thousands of dollars.
January 8, 2011 - Birch and Wall Streets on an inbound route 18 trip (continuing to route 12). (Bus was retired from service April 11, 2011.)
On February 5, 1979 my aunt traded in a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic F with a F/1.4 50 mm SMC Takumar lens for this Contax RTS Camera which would be the last SLR camera my aunt would own.
The new Contax RTS camera came with a F/1:1.4 Planar Carl Zeiss 50 mm lens. It was priced $459.50 at Photo World Camera on Franklin Street in Chicago. The store gave her $125.00 for her Honeywell Pentax, which was about 6 or 7 years old.
December 19, 1979 She traded in a 35 mm F/2.0 Pentax SMC Takumar lens on a 28 mm F/2.8 Carl Ziess Distagon lens for use on the Contax.
In the mid 90’s (1996?) I bought the Contax RTS camera and two lenses from my aunt for $200.00 as she was no longer using it due to being too heavy. I bought the Contax Real Time Winder (used) at a camera store that sold new & used camera’s. The winder takes six, AA batteries.
I am puzzled as to why my aunt bought this camera. She was done traveling out of the country in 1977. She retired in 1980. I have yet to find any vacation slides dated after 1979, so far I don’t know what she even took pictures of with this camera.
In the 80’s and 90’s my aunt began using some of those disposable camera’s to take on those Mystery Trips that the Senior Center was organizing. At some point she bought an inexpensive Kodak 35 mm point and shoot camera.
I still use the Contax RTS to this day, to shoot slide film. With the winder on the weight is slightly over three pounds.
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Some history I found on the internet:
Contax RTS is an SLR 35mm film camera, manufactured by Yashica and introduced in 1975.
In the early 1970s, production of Zeiss Ikon cameras had ceased but the desire to build a high-quality system using Zeiss lenses remained.
In 1973 the Contax name was licensed to the Japanese maker Yashica to create a prestigious brand of 35mm cameras and interchangeable lenses in cooperation with the German company. By that time, Yashica was a production giant with considerable electronic camera experience, and was seeking ways to expand sales and improve brand name recognition in the highly competitive 35mm SLR market. Thus began ‘Top Secret Project 130’, a collaboration with Carl Zeiss to produce a new, professional 35mm SLR with an electronically-controlled shutter, bearing the Contax brand name, along with a new line of premium quality lenses. The F. Alexander Porsche Group was hired to complete an ergonomic and styling study of the new camera. The result was the all-new Contax RTS, which appeared at Photokina in 1974, and proved an immediate hit.
The RTS featured an electronically-controlled, horizontal cloth focal plane shutter with speeds of 1 - 1/2000 sec. plus B, interchangeable focus screens, and the ability to accept a number of professional accessories including power winders, professional motor drives, and both infrared and radio-controlled remote releases.
Before being replaced by the RTS II, an interesting variant of the RTS was produced in small quantities: the Contax RTS Fundus (also called Scientific/Medical). This was essentially an RTS with two additional features. Firstly, below the shutter speed dial on the front of the top-plate, a locking button was added that prevented the dial from being accidentally knocked from its X-sync (1/60) and Auto settings. The second change was even more useful: the celebrated electronic shutter release of the RTS was incredibly sensitive with a depression of less than 1mm to activate the shutter but in a laboratory, for example, where you may be wearing gloves, accidental firing of a standard RTS was a problem.
Contax solved this by modifying the top plate further and adding a 2mm guard ring around the shutter release button. Most - but not all - of the RTS Fundus cameras had 'Scientific/Medical' stencilled in white on the base plate. A very small number of these bodies also featured additional mirror-damping.
Since the advent of the RTS, Contax cameras have been made by Yashica in Japan, with lenses made by Carl Zeiss - some in Germany, some in Japan by Yashica (later Kyocera). The cameras were noteworthy for their advanced electronics. The Contax Zeiss T* lenses, in particular, soon gained a reputation for superb optical quality. Since manual-focus Contax and Yashica manual-focus 35mm SLR cameras share the same common bayonet lens mount, their lenses may be used interchangeably.
The success of the RTS led to other Contax cameras (see Contax (Yashica/Kyocera)). In the Contax model range, the most professional and most expensive body would always have a name beginning with RTS.
In 1982 the original RTS was replaced by the Contax RTS II.
In 1991 the RTS II was replaced by the Contax RTS III.
RTS bus in a repair yard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I don't know the current owner, but the amber lights up top make me think it was originally NYCT or Boston MBTA.
An RTS bus of Montebello Bus Lines in downtown Los Angeles. Montebello is a suburb on the east side of LA.
RTS 6336 is onderweg met een lege dwarsligger trein en passeert hier een overweg nabij Reuver, in de richting van Venlo. Het eigenlijke doel was om de kalktrein van DBS te fotograferen, dus dit was een leuke toevoeging. Deze stek is één van de weinigen langs de lijn Roermond-Venlo waar aan één kant geen houten hekken staan. Hierdoor waren de andere stekjes een stuk minder bruikbaar. 07/05/15
RTS bus of the Southern California Rapid Transit District at the LAX Bus Terminal in the early 1990s.
RTS 1216 901 mit einen Hüttensand Zug
von Linz nach Lorüns bei der Durchfahrt des Inntal bei Vomp am 08.06.08
An RTS bus built by TMC for LA County Metro. Unfortunately I am getting used to my new camera, and I had it on the wrong mode, plus taking this from a moving car. So it's a bit blurry on the front and the flash went off. I decided to post to Flickr anyway, since it's the only photo I have of an RTS in new Metro colors.