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| − | The '''Contax N Digital''' is historically significant as the first (2001) [[DSLR|digital SLR]] to use a "full frame" 24×36 mm [[sensor]], a 6-megapixel chip supplied by Phillips. The camera design itself was derived from the [[Contax N1]] 35mm | + | The '''Contax N Digital''' is historically significant as the first (2001) [[DSLR|digital SLR]] to use a "full frame" 24×36 mm [[sensor]], a 6-megapixel chip supplied by Phillips. The camera design itself was derived from the [[Contax N1]] autofocus 35mm film body, offering the exciting possibility of using well-regarded [[Carl Zeiss]]-branded Contax lenses. |
Unfortunately, the manufacturer of the [[Contax (Yashica/Kyocera)|Contax]] brand, [[Kyocera]], encountered a number of problems in bringing this model to market, perhaps underestimating the challenges of designing a responsive image-processing pipeline. Within a few years, the brand Contax had vanished from the digital-camera marketplace entirely. | Unfortunately, the manufacturer of the [[Contax (Yashica/Kyocera)|Contax]] brand, [[Kyocera]], encountered a number of problems in bringing this model to market, perhaps underestimating the challenges of designing a responsive image-processing pipeline. Within a few years, the brand Contax had vanished from the digital-camera marketplace entirely. | ||
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The Contax N Digital is historically significant as the first (2001) digital SLR to use a "full frame" 24×36 mm sensor, a 6-megapixel chip supplied by Phillips. The camera design itself was derived from the Contax N1 autofocus 35mm film body, offering the exciting possibility of using well-regarded Carl Zeiss-branded Contax lenses.
Unfortunately, the manufacturer of the Contax brand, Kyocera, encountered a number of problems in bringing this model to market, perhaps underestimating the challenges of designing a responsive image-processing pipeline. Within a few years, the brand Contax had vanished from the digital-camera marketplace entirely.
Links
- Contax N preview from Imaging Resource
- Contax N Digital review (post-mortem?) by Irakly Shanidze at Luminous Landscape
- Contax Digital N withdrawn from market reported by Ron Galbraith
