The Contax T camera line consists of a number of
compact cameras sold by
Kyocera under the
Contax brand. They were introduced between 1984 and 2002. The T, T2, and T3 use
35mm film and have a fixed 35 mm wide-angle lens. The T-VS, T-VS II, and T-VS III also use 35 mm film but have a 28–56 mm lens. The Tix uses
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film and has a fixed 28 mm wide-angle lens. The TVS Digital is a 5 MP digital camera with a 35–105 mm (equivalent) lens.
In 2005, Kyocera sold its camera business to Cosina and announced it would cease all activity related to the manufacture of Contax cameras at the end of the year.
Contax T-series cameras
A
35 mm film, compact
rangefinder camera with a
titanium
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body and
Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 38 mm
wide-angle lens
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.
*Contax T – with 5-element
Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 38 mm
manual focus lens
(made by
Yashica, which was owned by Kyocera, in partnership with Carl Zeiss).
[ Introduced in 1984. Includes a dedicated separate clip-on auto flash (A14).][
*Contax T2 – with a retracting 5-element Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 38 mm active autofocus and manual focus lens, made in silver titanium, in black and gold plated finish;] 1/500 s max shutter speed. Introduced in 1991. Includes a built-in auto flash.
*Contax T3 – smaller than the T2 and with recomputed 6-element (sharper) Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 35 mm passive autofocus and manual focus lens; 1/1200 s max shutter speed; autofocus lock. Includes a built-in auto flash.
File:Contax T.jpg, Contax T with A14 flash
File:CONTAX T2.jpg, Contax T2, silver titanium finish
File:CONTAX T3.jpg, Contax T3, black titanium finish
Contax TVS-series cameras
A 35 mm film, compact rangefinder camera with a titanium body. TVS stands for T* Vario-Sonnar for its Carl Zeiss T* Vario-Sonnar lens.
*Contax T-VS – 28–56 mm lens with variable stops –; passive phase detection autofocus
*Contax T-VS II – 28–56 mm lens with variable stops –
*Contax T-VS III – lens has 5 variable stops (30 mm, 37.5 mm, 45 mm, 52.5 mm and 60 mm) –; has a Contax T-style front door cover
Contax Tix camera
*Contax Tix (i.e. T4) – an APS
APS or Aps or aps or similar may refer to:
Education
* Abbottabad Public School
* Adarsh Public School, a public school in New Delhi, India
* Alamogordo Public Schools
* Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico, US school district
* Allendale Publ ...
film camera with a Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 28 mm autofocus lens. Introduced in 1997.
Contax TVS Digital
*Contax TVS Digital – 5 MP digital compact camera with a Carl Zeiss T* Vario-Sonnar 35–105 mm – (35 mm equivalent) lens. Introduced in 2002.
See also
* Olympus XA – another small rangefinder 35 mm film camera
References
External links
Ken Rockwell on the Contax T
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135 film cameras
APS film cameras
Contax rangefinder cameras