First Roll with the Contax T3

By Hamish Gill

I feel like I’ve had the Contax T3 for quite a while already. I feel fairly familiar with it, I’m half way through putting together a review of it, yet I’ve only just finished the first roll. In some ways this might not make sense, but from the perspective of it being fit for my purpose, it makes a lot of sense to me.

I shall go into this a little – or more likely a lot – more detail in my review, but for now I shall just say that the reason I bought this camera was as a carry everywhere – always in my pocket – camera. It might seem strange that with all the cameras I have I don’t already have one of these, but quite genuinely, quite frequently, this is something I feel I am lacking. But more on that in due course…

For now, here are a few disparate shots from the first roll. I am, thankfully, considering what the damned thing cost me, very pleased with what I am seeing so far.

So here we are, a roll of Illford XP2, shot over the last few weeks with the Contax T3 :

 

Contax t3 - first roll
Missed focus a little perhaps, not that it detracts from the feel of the photo I don’t think. There sure is some resolving power to that Sonnar

 

Contax t3 - first roll
A ditch – taken whilst walking the Dogs

 

Contax t3 - first roll
I slid down the weir on my bum once when I was in my early 20’s – tip: dont slide down weirs on your bum, you might hurt your coccyx and not be able to sit down for 3 weeks

 

Contax t3 - first roll
it was a miserable dull day

 

Contax t3 - first roll
One day i’ll get a good shot of someone crossing this bridge. I have loads of shots like this

 

Contax t3 - first roll
Arna looking smug, her sister lost her clothes and for once in her annoying life is feeling the cold.

 

Contax t3 - first roll
I have taken this shot a few times too

 

Contax t3 - first roll
Ales in the new dark room

 

Contax t3 - first roll
Connie with one of her friends

 

Contax t3 - first roll
Connie in Bill’s being trouble

 

Contax t3 - first roll
Always blowing bubbles – The flash might be a little strong here

 

Contax t3 - first roll
A view across the canal I walk to on the way to work every day

 

Contax t3 - first roll
The same canal, another day, a little frozen

 

Contax t3 - first roll
Obligatory James picture

That Sonnar shows quite a lot of promise doesn’t it?!

Cheers for reading

Hamish

Update: You can find my eventual review of the Contax T3 here

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About The Author

By Hamish Gill
I started taking photos at the age of 9. Since then I've taken photos for a hobby, sold cameras for a living, and for a little more than decade I've been a professional photographer and, of course, weekly contributor to 35mmc.
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Dominik Mrzyk on First Roll with the Contax T3

Comment posted: 16/02/2015

Looks good to me! It's one of the best compact cameras for a reason ;) Also, Connie is adorable!
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Hamish Gill replied:

Comment posted: 16/02/2015

Quite! And thanks, I certainly think she is! :)

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Rob MacKillop on First Roll with the Contax T3

Comment posted: 17/02/2015

Very nice shots, Hamish. The Sonnar seems not a million miles away from the Hexar. I can see the light problem when comparing Connie with the knife (scary lass!) and Connie blowing bubbles. You needed something in between. But the contrast of Connie with one of her friends is superb. But my favs are the ditch, the weir and the bridge.
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Hamish Gill replied:

Comment posted: 17/02/2015

The one with the knife was without flash, the other with flash. Just ned to learn how to better use the flash I think ... Cheers Rob

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Duncan Browne on First Roll with the Contax T3

Comment posted: 10/02/2017

I know i'm a little late on this mate, but gee you're hard on yourself in that 'focus issue'in the first set of shots! Looks pretty bloody good to me :) Thanks for the review.
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