Zeiss Ikon Contessa

I've been using this week a camera that is on an around-the-world

trip, thanks to its owner who arranged it through another web site.

It is a Zeiss Ikon Contessa, about 50 years old but completely

revitalised by its owner. This picture was from my first roll through

the Contessa, a roll of Kodak Portra 160. On the roll I had about six

shots I thought were successful -- that isn't a bad ratio, I think.

When I am finished with it, I'll be sending to the next person on the

list; there are about thirty people on it so it'll take at least a

couple of years before it ends its travels.