Contax (Yashica/Kyocera)
Contax is originally the name of a rangefinder model made from 1932 by Zeiss Ikon (see Contax rangefinder), then it was the name of a single lens reflex made from 1947 by the Eastern part of Zeiss Ikon (see Contax S).
In 1975 the name was licensed to the Japanese maker Yashica to create a high end brand in cooperation with the German. Since then Contax cameras have been made by Yashica in Japan, with lenses made by Carl Zeiss -- some in Germany, some in Japan. The manual-focus Contax and Yashica 35mm SLRs share the same lens mount.
Yashica/Contax was an independant company until purchased by Kyocera in 1983. In 2005, Kyocera halted production on all Contax and other Kyocera film and digital cameras.
Contents
Digital SLR
- Contax N1 Digital (N-mount)
Digital (non-SLR)
- Contax SL 300 T*
- Contax SL 400 T*
- Contax TVS digital
35mm SLR
M42 screwmount
see Zeiss Ikon for the Contax S, D, E, F, FB, FM, FBM and the corresponding Pentacon models.
Manual-Focus (Yashica/Contax)
- Contax 137 MA
- Contax 137 MD
- Contax 139 Q
- Contax 159 MM
- Contax 167 MT
- Contax Aria
- Contax AX
- Contax RTS
- Contax RTS II
- Contax RTS III
- Contax RX
- Contax RX II
- Contax S2 / S2b
- Contax ST
Auto-Focus (N)
- Contax N1
- Contax NX
35mm Rangefinders
Manual Focus
see Zeiss Ikon for the Contax I, II, III, IIa and IIIa
