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Contax Yashica Cameras

All things Contax / Yashica. Topics include : Manual focus SLR's. G series rangefinders, T series of Compacts, all sporting Zeiss T* Lenses. Specifications, Reviews, Dealers, Best of ebay. Zeiss on Cannon, Nikon Zeiss and M42 Zeiss.
Contax cameras were the result of the technologies of three companies.Zeiss's optical excellence joined with Kyocera expertise in manufacture and ceramics technology. The third element in the triangle was Porche, who designed the original concept of the camera's interface. The result the RTS camera. A real time system, with world class optics.
Photographers are realising the potential of these T* Zeiss optics on today's digital cameras.

The Tamron manual focus lens page: The quality of prime lenses has always surpassed zooms, yesterdays good primes will often beat todays zooms. Tamron lenses offered photographers Hardware indipendance on manual focus cameras, you could use these lenses on nearly all manual focus cameras independant of make. Today these lenses are go
Compact rangefinder cameras: this class of rangefinders are excellent if you want hardcore street photography, or an application where compactness are key. Amazingly cheap, you will now find them in junk shops , antique shops and charity shops, We hope to give you the key information you require to make an informed choice.
The digital darkroom: Working with film or digital, the darkroom is a key element, Today's darkrooms comprises not enlargers and developing dishes , but scanners, computers and printers. So many issues for the photographer to deal with, file management , work flow, archive ability and coat of inks. Colour management and
Salisbury Fuji Lab, on-line: Welcome to the Salisbury Fuji Lab, catering for amateurs and professionals alike. We offer a friendly service from this family run business. We are committed to improving the services to you our customers. and are excited at the new opportunities that these new technologies offer you. We provide a w

Contax Cameras, history, models, reviews

Contax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The history of Contax, its all here, there,s no point in reinventing the wheel However I would question the statement over Zeiss lenses, That the difference between AE and MM was the extra programs functions delivered. It has been muttered that there was a change in the T* coating, giving the AE a slight colour profile than the MM lenses.
History of Zeiss
Zeiss Ikon Contax Bodies, Lenses and Photography

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Contax Manual focus RTS3: 1975 was the introduction of Contax's. Premium professional camera. The RTS (Real time system)
Aperture priority and Manual camera with a mechanical backup of 60th sec.The RTS system was designed to minimise the latency between pressing the release and the shutter releasing. The follow-up to this camera was the RTS2 which added a metal shutter, and TTL flash. The last incarnation of this camera was the RTS3.
Contax RTS3 review - photonet
Contax System Brochure 1994, covers all models
Contax RTS 3 mini specifications

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Contax Manual focus : Aria: Contax Aria : Travel light. Really light. The smallest, lightest Contax SLR ever.
Contax S2 review " photonet, no dx coding.
Contax 167mt review @ photonet

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Contax Autofocus : N1 / NX: Contax Autofocus : N1
the Contax N1 was the first auto focus SLR system to deliver the same resolution, contrast, color and distortion levels expected from a manual focus system.
Contax N1 review
Contax NX mini review @ Popphoto
Contax N1 mini review @ Popphoto
Contax Contax N1 System @ Photonet

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Contax RF : G": The world's most technologically advanced rangefinder camera.
Contax G2 review - AF rangefinder
Contax G2 Specification @ popphoto

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Contax compact : T series: Contax condensed. Convenient and compact without giving up high image quality,
Review Contax Compact cameras compared
Contax T. Possibly the most enigmatic small camera
Contax T3 Camera Review - photonet

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Contaxinfo.com - Contax system 1994 broshure: Contax 1994 System brochure

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Zeiss / Contax SLR Lenses Review: contax T* Lens review. @ Photoshop
Contax T* 135mm F2.8
Contax T* 50 F1.4
Contax T* 28mm F2.8

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Four new Zeiss lenses for Nikon F mount: Digital Photography Review: Four new Zeiss lenses for Nikon F mount: Photokina 2006: Zeiss has announced no less than four new ZF series manual focus prime lenses for Nikon F mount. First come the Distagon T* 35 mm F2.0 and 25 mm F2.8 ZF lenses, ...
Zeiss Z mount lenses
Zeiss lenses for Nikon F
Fifty 50s and The Zeiss Planar T* 2/50 ZM - The Online Photographer

Second Hand Contax Stockists. UK

ffordes cameras - Contax pages: Contax SLR's,G type rangefinders and Contax645.
The Kirk, Wester Balblair, By Beauly,
Inverness-shire IV4 7BQ Tel: 01463 783850 Fax: 01463 782072 https://secure.ffordes.com/
Good stocks of all equipment and Contax & Yashica (Yashica lenses from £15)
ffordes main store entrance

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Richard Caplan cameras: 25 BURY STREET LONDON SW1Y6AL
PHONE:- 0207 807 9990 FAX:- 0207 807 9991
E-MAIL:- leica@richardcaplan.co.uk
Second hand stocks of Contax and Lica Equipment

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Mifsuds Photographic: 27 Bolton St, Brixham S.Devon TQ5 9BZ
United Kingdom Phone: (01803) 852400
Fax: (01803) 855907 Email: info@mifsuds.com
Good second hand stocks All equipment stocked.

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MXV Photographic SLR: Contax RTS and other manual focus cameras and lenses Dept
27 Bolton St, Brixham S.Devon TQ5 9BZ
United Kingdom Phone: (01803) 852400
Fax: (01803) 855907 Email: info@mifsuds.com

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MXV Photographic G series rangefinder: Contax G rangefinder Dept
27 Bolton St, Brixham S.Devon TQ5 9BZ
United Kingdom Phone: (01803) 852400
Fax: (01803) 855907 Email: info@mifsuds.com

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Yashica Cameras

Yashica SLR cameras are really pretty much past their usefulness with one exception the FXD which was Yashicas version of the Contax 139. Great camera, wonderful build. But no DOF preview. However The Yashica 124G twin lens reflex and Yashica rangefinders are a different matter.
What we are really interested in is the optics for the SLR's, Built extremely well, and very good, The one thing that people comment on is the colour, It is this that attracts me to yashica and more specifically Contax. Zeiss magic in the form of their coatings has im sure trickled down to the Yashica cameras.