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Do you know of a reflector or soft box that would work with the contax TLA30? Want something ready made not a diy sheet of tracing paper and rubber band

Considering picking one up that is pristine, which is unusual. But it’s not particularly cheap so I’m considering it quite a lot. Form factor is very important to me as I travel a lot and don’t carry large bags when out and about so small, as in this case I s helpful. Performance is obviously very important to me too but I don’t make money from my photos, they are for me and my family, of our time together.

What I’m interested in are your opinions and experiences of the real world performance of this lens on film and on digital. I have a film M with 35mm frame lines, an old digital (M9/)ME and thinking of picking up a late m10 or m11 so use case would be on these 3 cameras.

Also, it seems that there are various different versions of this lens so any clarification on which you refer to or differentiations etc much appreciated!

I get that with manual on camera flash you set iso and aperture and distance to the subject. Can gauge distance by focusing and checking distance scale. Easy. But what if it’s a manual flash, handheld, pointed at a ceiling or side wall for bounce, how do you set the distance then?

Anyone have one of the now discontinued M Classics bags made by Seth Levine? If so, what do you think about them? Would really appreciate a review. Please post a picture of yours loaded up 😬