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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 | + | 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 [[Philips]]. 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. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/contax/contax_n_digital/contax_n_digital.htm Contax N Digital user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | ||
*[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 [ | + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070227170417/http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/contax-n-digital.shtml Contax N Digital review] (post-mortem?) (archived) by Irakly Shanidze at [https://www.luminous-landscape.com/ Luminous Landscape] |
[[Category: Contax|N Digital]] | [[Category: Contax|N Digital]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Digital SLR]] | + | [[Category:N|N Digital Contax]] |
| + | [[Category:Japanese digital SLR]] | ||
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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 Philips. 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 Digital user manual at Butkus.org
- Contax N preview from Imaging Resource
- Contax N Digital review (post-mortem?) (archived) by Irakly Shanidze at Luminous Landscape
