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.
Contents
35mm SLR (and digital SLR)
M42 screwmount (Dresden)
- Contax D
- Contax S
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
Contax Japan
Medium Format
Digital (non-SLR)
- Contax TVS digital
- Contax SL 300 T*
- Contax SL 400 T*
