1:53 PM

#JAMIE: it’s a few weeks over 25 years since I met this lovely geezer at our friend’s stag weekend. I gave him the original print from Joe’s Basement which he gave to his mother, “man, she flipped!”

The picture is a fabulous example of the power of the Contax G 45mm paired with Ilford XP2.

#portraits #ilfordxp2 #contax #contaxg #contaxg1 #contaxg2 #blackandwhitephotography #filmphotography

8:09 PM

#TRILEMMA: actual conversation with @vtwingrin began as follows, “I only want to have two cameras in London but there’s six cameras I want to take”. And the result is that I’m taking the holy trinity of three cameras I originally packed anyway 🙄 - the T2, G2 and Q2. There appears to be some kind of naming scheme that has tapped into my gear acquisition syndrome. (Does anyone know of any others that might fit) #camerabag #contax #leica #contaxt2 #contaxg2 #leicaq2

11:06 PM

#CONTAXG2: my favourite camera back in action, having fixed the unreliable shutter release and focus, it now works as smoothly as it did when I bought it. It’s like being reunited with an old friend. #contax #vintagecamera #rangefinder #kyocera #zeiss

3:56 PM

#PAPADUM: this is where the dough becomes discs, ready to dry. The sheer volume of people doing the producing and consuming is not hidden away, it’s always in your face. #india #2001 #contaxg2

3:53 PM

#CALCUTTA: this communist-run former capital is surely my favourite #Indian city. We found the people to be staggeringly kind and friendly, as interested in us as we were in them. And it was more functional than ornamental, we could have explored for a year. #city #india #kolkata #contaxg2

3:36 PM

#EARTHQUAKE: enough lockdown arts and crafts, back to the main backlog. Rescuing people from the ruins of the 2001 #Gujarat Earthquake #photojournalism #contaxg2

10:28 AM

#REPAIR: finally, I’ve found the spare parts I need to repair my original #ContaxG2 that I’ve had for twenty years. And then the backup body - which is much nicer, but has no sentimental value, will be up for sale… #contax #g2 #rangefinder

1:57 PM

#FIRSTSUNONTHERUN: the joy of taking the first ski lift to christen the slopes. Before the advent of digital cameras and smartphones. #contax #contaxg2 #ski #valdisere

10:08 PM

#LEICAQ2: goodbye M9, hello Q2. The first month shows that this is the closest possible modern-day equivalent to my beloved #ContaxG2, the fixed lens is unimpeachable, it is whisper-quiet and 47.3MP means huge flexibility in cropping. Perfect EDC camera as it’s pretty weather-sealed. And wifi pictures straight to my phone. Amazing. The #Canon1DX is up for sale too now :) Another ten years for this beast… #leica #mirrorless #rangefinder #summilux

7:17 PM

#ContaxG2 spare body and lens mount/focus motor mechanism. If anyone has other spares, let me know, I’m building up my stock! #contax #camera #spares #spareparts #repair