As you say, the system is now 'orphaned' and unless a manufacturer some day produces a new camera (I once had high hopes for Bessa and even contacted this manufacturer with my idea in the mid-'00s, but alas, nothing came of it) with the G Zeiss lens mount, they will all end up as expensive collectables. This is rather a shame as the 21, 28 and 45 G's are by far the best optics I've worked with.Ken Rockwell floats ideas like leaves on a pond. Lens on the camera not included Contax Yashica mount available lenses - all lenses in good condition without issues: Contax Carl Zeiss T 35-70mm F3.4 (sold) Contax Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm F2.8 450 Contax Carl Zeiss Planar T 50mm F1.4 550 Contax Carl Zeiss Planar T 85mm F1.4 800 (sold) Yashica ML 80-200mI have two 35mm cameras that I use regularly: Minolta XD-11 and Canon EOS Elan 7N. I enjoy using them both but I use the Canon more, since I like autofocus, along with a Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM lens.
Contax G2 28Mm Series Of New
Some users reported focusing problems with the Contax G1 at close distances with the 90mm Sonnar and Contax introduced the successor to the Contax G1, the G2, only two years after its introduction in 1996.Image by Ysalis - Connexion intermittente ( Image rights)The successor to the G1, the Contax G2, has improved autofocus performance and a series of new features and ergonomic enhancements. The same is true for close focusing, as they also feature parallax correction. An advantage of the Contax G finders over other rangefinder cameras is the fact that with lenses from 28mm to 90mm they always show the correct view (zoom rangefinders). But the AF mechanism in the G1, and later the G2 (introduced in 1996), does indeed use a twin-window system much like that of the older mechanical rangefinders—only in electronic form. Critics were quick to accuse the camera of not being a "true" (mechanical) rangefinder, since it used autofocus and electronically-linked mechanisms.
The body size and weight increased slightly over the Contax G1. If the camera fails to find focus in this mode, the shutter cannot be released. The G2 also has two AF modes - continuous, which constantly adjusts focus as the camera is moved, and single, which is a safety mode, focusing as the focus button is pressed, (or shutter release half-pressed) and maintaining this reading until the shutter is released.
The G1 uses only a passive autofocus "phase detection" system. There are two versions of the black model, one using paint, and the more preferred black chrome.The G2 addresses some of the criticisms of the G1, especially with regard to its focusing system. In 1998, due to high demand a black color version was introduced. Initially the Contax G2 was manufactured in Titanium color, a so-called "Millenium Edition". It is one of the most sophisticated data backs ever made by any camera manufacturer and features inbetween frame recording of data as well as a Contax-specific recording mode of the exposure data on the first two frames of the film after the last picture has been taken.
Contax G2 28Mm Upgrade For Many
The Contax TLA 140 and TLA 200 flashes were specifically designed for the Contax G series, but other flashes, especially the Contax TLA 280 and TLA 360 also work well with these models. It is not possible to use the 35-70 zoom lens on the Contax G1 even with the upgrade, as the G1 mount lacks the electronic interface for it.Both camera models feature TTL/OTF capability and are compatible with the Contax TLA flash system. Such upgraded G1s may be identified by a green-colored sticker in the film chamber. Contax provided a firmware upgrade for many of these cameras. Zoerkendoerfer in Munich Germany also modified the Voigtländer 12mm f/5.6 Ultra-Wide Heliar and the 15mm f/4.5 Super-Wide Heliar for use with the Contax G mount.The original Contax G1 is not compatible with the 21mm, 35mm and 35-70mm lenses.
Contax G2 28Mm Manual Focus Rangefinder
↑ Contax Introduces A Special Production Black Version Of Its Award-Winning G2 Camera (archived) Users who do not need lenses faster than f/2.0 will find that the Contax G system is still unmatched in camera performance with lens quality equaling the Leica M performance in most cases. The Contax G system is still available in quantities in the used camera market at prices much below the Leica M system. To its fans, the Contax G2 is the finest 35mm camera ever produced. Carl Zeiss currently works in conjunction with Cosina, the producer of a line of Leica M mount and screw mount clones to provide Leica M mount Zeiss lenses, as well as a new manual focus rangefinder camera, the Zeiss Ikon, developed by Zeiss and manufactured in Japan by Cosina.With its titanium clad body, sophisticated electronic rangefinder and superb lenses, the G system has not been equalled in the years since its introduction.
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