Contax IIa - Portraits

[alexvaras]

Some other photos from the same roll, just with Sonnar T 50mm/f2.

Two are colleagues at work.
Kristine.


Nastya.


The best service for Brompton in Moscow is done by Roma.


Thank you for watching.

[Julio1fer]

Good use of 35mm format, Alex. Those RF are addictive. Maybe a Helios-103 fits your IIa?

[PFMcFarland]

Portraiture is definitely your forte, Alex.

PF

[GrahamS]

Terrific stuff, Alex.

[alexvaras]

Thank you all, I'm still surprised by this lens everytime I shoot someone, particularly the Roma portrait I would say it's not mine.

Good use of 35mm format, Alex. Those RF are addictive. Maybe a Helios-103 fits your IIa?

I just took a look about the lens, very cheap and excellent reputation, but a contest between Sonnar or Helios 103 would be really hard to guess probably I will take one when I'm back.

[GrahamS]

As far as I am aware the Helios 103 is a direct copy of the Sonnar.

[Julio1fer]

Graham, that is a good question. Not to deviate the thread, but I think that the Jupiter-8 and -3 are indeed close Sonnar copies but the Helios is less so. Must look at my USSR lens diagrams that I have somewhere.

Meanwhile I found this in the Web. Here is a diagram of a Jupiter 3, and here one of a Helios-103.

In that site, the Sonnar page directly includes the Jupiter-8, no question that it is the same design as a 2.0 Sonnar.

The results of the Helios-103 look different from those from a Jupiter-8 in my experience - I like them better. But then I am not a Sonnar fan.

[GrahamS]

I have three Jupiter 8s and a helios 103 but I don't have a Sonnar. I always liked the results from an uncoated J8. Thanks for the info.