The G1’s viewfinder zooms itself to match the lens.
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In this system, two separate windows measure the subject’s distance, then use geometry to calculate and rotate the lens to the appropriate distance.
It’s a similar system to the first autofocus camera ever, the Konica C35 AF, albeit much more complicated and effective in the Contax. While this is true, the G1 uses a passive autofocus system that triangulates focus distances in exactly the same way as a rangefinder.
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Critics were quick to point out that the G1 is not a “true” rangefinder since it lacks the classic rangefinder patch and ghost image. No other camera claimed to be an autofocus rangefinder. The main difference between the G1 and its competitors was autofocus.
The G1 released to critical acclaim in 1994 at a price of $2,210, the equivalent of around 3300 Euro in 2021. Instead of continuing to compete with SLRs that became more and more advanced by the day, Contax would target a market that had hardly changed much since the 1950s rangefinders.Ĭompared to cameras like the Leica M7 or even the Konica Hexar RF, the G system is like a space camera. This shake-up came in the form of the Contax G system. Yashica was no longer the cheapest reliable option and Contax no longer embraced bleeding-edge technology. Both were being outcompeted in their respective markets. It took until 2001 for Contax’s first real autofocus system to debut, and even if they turned this N system into the first full-frame digital camera, it was too little, too late.Ĭontax and Yashica’s parent company, Kyocera, didn’t like the downward trend their camera companies were on. Yashica’s line of autofocus SLRs came out too late and flopped in comparison to Minolta and Canon’s attempts, and Contax’s hesitance to enter the autofocus world left them far behind their competition.įor example, 1996’s Contax AX attempted to move the film plane to achieve focus instead of the lens. I had seen the work he shot with the camera, and I knew this was one particular camera and seller I could trust.In 1994, Contax and Yashica were hurting. When a Twitter friend who is an awesome photographer announced he was selling his Contax system because he wasn’t using it enough, I jumped at the chance. This is not an inexpensive camera system by any means, so the problem with checking auction sites was wondering whether I could trust a seller before plunking down a significant amount of money. The Contax happens to be the one I kept looking at, time and again. Each brand and model of these high-end cameras has its own die-hard fans, and it is not my intention here to try to convince anyone about the superiority of any one of these fantastic systems. The Contax camera was Kyocera’s answer to the Leicas and Ricoh GRs- 35mm rangefinder film cameras widely considered to be the best of the best. Two shots with the Contax, wide open at f/2.0 with the 45mm Zeiss Planar lens (left) and f/16 with the Blogon 28mm lens.
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