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*[http://www.imaging-resource.com/EVENTS/PMAS01/982017577.html Contax N preview] from [http://www.imaging-resource.com/ Imaging Resource] | *[http://www.imaging-resource.com/EVENTS/PMAS01/982017577.html Contax N preview] from [http://www.imaging-resource.com/ Imaging Resource] | ||
*[http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/contax-n-digital.shtml Contax N Digital review] (post-mortem?) by Irakly Shanidze at [http://www.luminous-landscape.com/ Luminous Landscape] | *[http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/contax-n-digital.shtml Contax N Digital review] (post-mortem?) by Irakly Shanidze at [http://www.luminous-landscape.com/ Luminous Landscape] | ||
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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
