More Kodak Gold 200: 11/26/2005

Someone said that Kodak Gold 200 film is very easy to scan. I think I will agree with them.

I was back at the stables – another overcast day. So I knocked off a couple of shots. The horses seemed very on edge today. Just the sight of the camera had them backing up right away.

It seems that I can't heap enough praise on the Zeiss Ikon. I don't want to make it sound as if the camera is perfect, because as you know there are no perfect cameras. But this one certainly is near the top of the list.


The Zeiss Ikon with its body case, above, and in the case, right.

Someone mentioned that they wanted to see the Limited Edition body case. I'm adding some photos here. The case is made of very soft padded leather. "Zeiss Ikon" is embossed in the upper left corner of the front flap, and "Limited Edition" is in the flap's lower right corner.

There are two small circular magnets under the flocked lining of the flap, and those adhere (magnetically, of course) to the front of the case.

The case holds only the body, presumably with the body cap. No lens. It reminds me a bit of a Psion Series 5 in a leather case that I had bought for it. Maybe a bit thicker, of course, but about the same size.

I think it might be useful for transporting the camera. Otherwise, I'm not really sure I will use it. It's a very nice case, and I'm tickled to have received it. I just don't see myself using it.

I let my wife use the camera today. She didn't have much to say about it. It was about 35°F, and I was using gloves. I asked her if the camera body felt cold. She said no. Oh great, I must be getting wimpier as I get older -- just what I need.

This was my seventh roll, and by now I put the camera to my eye and never have a problem with the rangefinder patch fading. As I suspected, it was a matter of me getting use to the camera. If you notice, I still have yet to see the results of my first roll. Hopefully, it will come back this week.

I was trying to shoot a bit more wide open or close to wide open. I shot almost entirely on Autoexposure, although I made frequent adjustments for the snow.

I really like the ability to dial in compensation in 1/3-stop increments. When I first read about the 1/3 increments, I thought to myself, "So what? That's such a small amount that it's useless." As usual, I was way off base. I find that 1/3-stop increments does seem like the ideal amount when making small adjustments.

That's about it for now. Off to see my brother shoot something tomorrow.