The Future Wears Film
So here’s something slightly unhinged: I ordered the Contax T2 on July 1st… and basically stopped sleeping properly after that. Not because of stress. Because of pure, childlike excitement. The kind where your brain goes, “What if it arrives early?” every single night. I was more or less emotionally packed and ready to shoot before the shipping label was even printed.
Fast forward a few restless days, and yesterday I finally took the T2 out for its first proper spin. No big mission. Just me, the city, and one roll of Portra 400 loaded in a titanium time capsule from 1991, still clicking like the world never changed.
I was out shooting with my friend Trond ( https://www.instagram.com/tron.snaps) . The kind of afternoon where there’s no plan, just good conversation, open streets, and light worth chasing. I didn’t shoot much. Just 36 frames. But with Portra, you don’t need much. The tones do half the talking, soft, warm, forgiving in the shadows. And when paired with the sharpness of the Zeiss lens, something subtle happens. Ordinary scenes start to glow a little.
Here are the best shots from that one roll. Nothing staged. Just light, texture, and timing. A flicker of movement. A quiet face on a busy corner. The way afternoon light stretches across concrete.
The Contax is quiet in the hand, almost invisible when shooting, and that suits me. It doesn’t demand attention. It just watches, then clicks.
One roll in and I already get the hype. This camera has a calm kind of confidence. It doesn’t rush. And maybe that’s exactly what I need right now.
Also, if things have seemed a little quiet lately, it’s because Kim is currently “working remotely” deep in the Norwegian mountains. And by remote, I mean somewhere with zero signal, surrounded by wild sheep, ancient pine trees, and the occasional goat who critiques his compositions - haha.
So yes, we’re on a brief Photobreak break while Kim wraps up his unofficial artist residency in the wilderness.
We’ll be back soon.
