tlitody
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Contax on the horizon
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kdemas
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I'd love it if they cold revive the G. The problem is that Kyocera has the rights to all those last generation designs and tooling and I doubt they'll do Zeiss any favors. Their relationship was pretty acrimonious the last few years I believe.
Let's cross our fingers anyway! Choice is good 🙂
Kent
Let's cross our fingers anyway! Choice is good 🙂
Kent
shyoon
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However fantastic a Contax revival would be in the digital age, I severely doubt it will ever happen. You'd think Zeiss would concentrate more on the Ikon and any future incarnations before considering the possibility of bringing back Contax from the wilderness.
A digital G2 or a T2 though...the mind boggles at how fantastic those cameras would be.
A digital G2 or a T2 though...the mind boggles at how fantastic those cameras would be.
bwcolor
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Ikon, Contax... Don't you think that any new camera design will be whatever it is and the name is just another marketing decision?
tlitody
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don't underestimate brand loyalty. Just look at Leica. And Contax have produced digital cameras before.
ZeissFan
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Contax was a brand name, not a company. Kyocera produced a digital Contax TVS -- 5 megapixels. Still commands a very high price, compared with other cameras from that period.
tlitody
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Well personally I think Contax will be revived but I don't know in what format. I would love a simple manual film body for all my zeiss lenses. Something like the 159 but with mirror lock up included. And all zeiss would need to do is put the contax mount on all the slr lenses they are making currently for canon and nikon. Cosina could easily make a body like that quite cheaply.
Then I guess the rest would have to be digital and auto focus in todays market. Sony can do that.
Then I guess the rest would have to be digital and auto focus in todays market. Sony can do that.
bwcolor
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Yes, a marketing advantage and the reason that the name will not be idle.
gavinlg
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I'd love to see a contax mirrorless..... just sayin...
bagdadchild
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Since Zeiss made the Contax G lenses they could make a digital G mount camera anytime, even without the rights to the Contax name, right? Call it the Zeiss G or Zeiss G3.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe there are some big problems with designing a full frame digital sensor for the original G lenses.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe there are some big problems with designing a full frame digital sensor for the original G lenses.
oftheherd
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While I would love to see a Contax camera, film or digital, especially that could take the old lenses, I doubt I would want to pay the price for it. And digital with all but auto focus would be possible in RF or SLR. After all, the 167mt could be used in program, AV and TV with MM lenses. Actually, if they revived the idea of the moving film (sensor) plane they could even do autofocus. But in today's economy, I don't expect to see all that.
noimmunity
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If somebody's marketing division felt it was worth the trouble to buy and reinvent the Voigtlaender name, then clearly another marketing division is likely to see the value in reviving the Contax name. It's just the kind of value-added device that can only be bought, not made.
I guess we will see Contax again, but that doesn't mean it will have anything to do with the various Contax incarnations that came before.
I expect to see Zeiss and some Japanese partners eventually come out with some new enthusiast-oriented digital camera anyway, and that name is probably the best one out there.
I guess we will see Contax again, but that doesn't mean it will have anything to do with the various Contax incarnations that came before.
I expect to see Zeiss and some Japanese partners eventually come out with some new enthusiast-oriented digital camera anyway, and that name is probably the best one out there.
