Contax (Yashica/Kyocera)

Since the late 1970's 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 1996. In 2005, Kyocera halted production on all Contax and other Kyocera film cameras. Digital camera production is expected to cease by the end of 2005.

The future of the marque "Contax" is unknown, but it's believed Carl Zeiss retains the name. In 2004 Zeiss announced their own new 35mm rangefinder camera, the Zeiss Ikon, with a body build by Cosina and using the Leica M mount.

35mm SLR (and digital SLR)

M42 screwmount (Dresden)

• Contax S
• Contax D

Manual-Focus (C/Y)

• Contax RTS
• Contax RTS II
• Contax RTS III
• Contax Aria
• Contax S2 / S2b
• Contax AX
• Contax RX
• Contax ST
• Contax 139Q
• Contax 137 MA
• Contax 137 MD
• Contax 159 MM
• Contax 167 MT

Auto-Focus (N)

• Contax N1
• Contax N1 Digital

35mm Rangefinders

Manual Focus

Dresden

• Contax II
• Contax III

Stuttgart

• Contax IIa
• Contax IIIa

Auto Focus

Kyocera

• Contax G1
• Contax G2
• Contax T
• Contax T2
• Contax T3
• Contax TVS

Medium Format

• Contax 645 AF

Digital (non-SLR)

• Contax TVS digital
• Contax SL 300 T*
• Contax SL 400 T*

Links

• ContaxImages.Com
• The Contax G Pages
• Very good Contax / Yashica unnofficial site
• Very good Contax / Yashica unnofficial site
• The Contax Camera discussion community!
• The biggest Contax User Forum - Contaxinfo.com!
• The German Contax User Forum -Contaxinfo.de
• Contax group on flickr