{"id":14811,"date":"2015-05-02T16:11:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T23:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14811"},"modified":"2015-05-02T16:11:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T23:11:13","slug":"contax-rts-the-indignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14811","title":{"rendered":"Contax RTS &#8216;the indignity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-14905\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RTS_fade-3869.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14905\" alt=\"RTS_fade-3869\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RTS_fade-3869.jpg\" width=\"415\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RTS_fade-3869.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RTS_fade-3869-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RTS_fade-3869-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After two issues with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14648\">film not advancing <\/a>the final indignity the Contax RTS delivered to me was that for the one roll that had worked it was light struck through almost every frame.\u00a0 So as far as I&#8217;m concerned I have a group of Contax\/Yashica lenses and no camera for them\u00a0to go on&#8230;Yes that&#8217;s right RTS\u00a0you are not welcome here you may leave now.\u00a0 Besides you are heavy and cumbersome, good bye I said!<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: 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