New person here

[wblanchard]

Hello everyone. My name is William and I use a Contax G2 as my primary camera.

*I did upload a picture to my gallery*

I'm a newbie to a rangefinder, but enjoy it so far. I think the biggest surprise to me is how crisp and sharp the photographs are compared to the ones my Canon glass would produce.

I purchased an alien bees beginner package and will be setting up in a garage for some glamour shots.

I just wanted to say hello and I feel welcome around here.

I still have an SLR, but an old Minolta X700 with Kiron 105 2.8 glass.

I also use a Canon A35 F Nighter camera for street and cityscapes.

Thanks for having me and I hope to share more photos with you in the future.

Warm regards,
William

[Brian Sweeney]

Welcome, and we will look forward to you posting some pictures here.

"Alien Bees" I just Googled. Okay, I want to see what that will do! Looks fancier than my OLD Honeywell studio flash. I may have been volunteered to do a Yearbook for my Daughter's very small school. I am thinking "lulu.com" and Nikon SP.

[Peter]

Hello William! Glad to see another RF user. :)

[peter_n]

Hello William and welcome! :) There are other Contax owners here so I'm sure you'll meet them soon. Look forward to seeing some of your pictures!

[taffer]

Welcome William ! :)

[rover]

Glamour, G2, where else have we seen that?

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=591


;)

Welcome to the clubhouse William.

[wblanchard]

Originally posted by rover
Glamour, G2, where else have we seen that?

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=591


;)

Welcome to the clubhouse William.

I'll be blessed if my photos look anywhere near the quality of his...:)

[Honu-Hugger]

William,
Welcome to the forum from another newcomer and Contax shooter. I look forward to seeing your pictures.

D2 (another Doug precedes me here)

[NoTx]

Welcome to the site:)

[GermanB]

Hi William, welcome to this wonderful forum, enjoy it!!!
;)

[charlesfoto]

Welcome, William. Thanks, Rover for providing the link(been away for a week). William, I use a G2 for nearly all of my glamour work and have found that the 45/2 and 90/2.8 are perfect for nearly 100% of my needs. Practice on using the focus brackets, especially with the 90/2.8, and you will discover that the G2's focusing and CW metering is extremely accurate! I use hot lights, only because I've used them for years and am too lazy to change, but your "Bees" should work well for you. Email if I can be of any help.

[wblanchard]

Originally posted by charlesfoto
Welcome, William. Thanks, Rover for providing the link(been away for a week). William, I use a G2 for nearly all of my glamour work and have found that the 45/2 and 90/2.8 are perfect for nearly 100% of my needs. Practice on using the focus brackets, especially with the 90/2.8, and you will discover that the G2's focusing and CW metering is extremely accurate! I use hot lights, only because I've used them for years and am too lazy to change, but your "Bees" should work well for you. Email if I can be of any help.
You may wish you never offered your assistance;)
I plan on doing true garage glamour by setting up the Bee's in a friends garage. This will be my first time shooting in a studio setting. Everything has always been outside, so I'm very excited to do some portraits and other 'creative" shots. I think the 90mm will work perfect for this setting.I just need to teach myself the sekonic metering and i'll be set.