Is the Zeiss Ikon still coming?

[RJBender]

2007 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Contax name. It'll be a real shame if no camera bearing that marque is around for the commemoration.

BTW, as for Ultra Primes, the differences are not so much optical as mechanical. There is a more "linear" spacing of marked focusing distances so that some focus can be done by feel if need be and always result in the same degree of focus change, unlike our still lenses, which move 5mm between 10 meters and infinity and 5mm
between 1 meter and 1.5 meters (I hope I'm explaining this clearly).

From the same website:

They will recognize that ZF lenses come with much larger rotation angles for the focus rings, like the cinematography lenses we make for Hollywood. This means that focusing can be performed much more accurately than with designs optimized for photojournalistic work.

source: http://www.zeiss.de/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/5abd5bc6297eb165c12570f900407e35


R.J.

 

[RJBender]

2007 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Contax name. It'll be a real shame if no camera bearing that marque is around for the commemoration.

Wouldn't it be cool if Zeiss had the Ukranians produce a pre-war style Contax? 😀 Zeiss could have their QA people there to supervise the operation.


R.J.

 

[Mazurka]

2007 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Contax name. It'll be a real shame if no camera bearing that marque is around for the commemoration.

There were no Contax cameras on their 30th and 40th anniversary either.

 

[Doug]

Wouldn't it be cool if Zeiss had the Ukranians produce a pre-war style Contax? 😀 Zeiss could have their QA people there to supervise the operation.

Ukranians making prewar Contaxes? Unthinkable!😀 Actually, I bet they DID have the transplanted Zeiss QA people on hand, hopelessly overruled as the commissars set production quantity quotas without regard to quality...

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

2007 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Contax name. It'll be a real shame if no camera bearing that marque is around for the commemoration.

Are Contax cameras disappearing? Should I hide mine away? 😱

Wouldn't it be cool if Zeiss had the Ukranians produce a pre-war style Contax? Zeiss could have their QA people there to supervise the operation

That would be a case-study of "water under the bridge". But hey, right now playing roulette at $30 each body is somewhat fun, dontchathink? Why change it?

 

[RJBender]

That would be a case-study of "water under the bridge". But hey, right now playing roulette at $30 each body is somewhat fun, dontchathink? Why change it?

Right, instead of buying one camera for $1500, you can buy 50 @ $30 and have fun finding out which ones work and fixing those that don't work so you can re-sell them at cost.

R.J.