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Since the camera most innovative feature is its autofocus system i will concentrate in it. The zeiss ikon contax camera repair website contax iiiii. Contax rts iii manuals and user guides, digital camera, film. It shot at up to 2 fps and cannot use the newer 35mm or 21mm lenses unless modified. Join now join ephotozine, the friendliest photography community.
Mar 27, 2011 contax ax automatic backfocusing system film side. Receive a high quality printed and bound manual in days. I found the manual for the contax ax, and you can see from the table on page 75 how limited the af range gets for longer focal lengths. Purchase an extra manual if you need more information about settings, features, or. If you arent completely happy just return the manual for a full refund. Recently both my aria and ax broke down at the same time and they are to be repaired. Omfmanual focusing as on other cont ax cameras manual focusing is accomplished with the twist of the focusing ring. Yet, the quality of contax cameras is very high, in my opinion, and i believe that they will work even in 20year time, or as long as film is available whichever occurs first. Jan 17, 20 all the above pictures were taken with the zeiss 50mm, f1.
Jun 04, 2000 years before switching back to nikon, and the ax was the last body i purchased. A list of film slrs specifications for the contax ax. Reproduction prospectus contax ax, 2 pages, english. In 1973 the contax name was licensed to the japanese maker yashica by carl zeiss to create a. Contaxrxmanual pdf contaxtmanual pdf contaxt2manual pdf contaxt3instructionmanual pdf contaxtla360 pdf contaxtvsmanual pdf. This camera is beautiful made and mint condition its also come with very nice price from e bay. The ax is no different than any other contax camera.
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Basically, after the contax t, i was hooked on contax for a while. All our user guides are for pdf format portable document format. User manuals, guides and specifications for your contax rts iii digital camera, film camera. Service manual for contax rx camera body part a however, its operation was something of an acquired taste, which explains the contax ax this had a unique autofocus system that worked with manual. View and download contax g2 instruction manual online. The new series of modern contax slrs, with the debut of the original contax rts 25 years ago, was supplemented by a series of fine, carefully spec midrange contax slr models, where they eventually recognized as veritable tourdeforce of innovative technology, integrating exclusive, advanced electronics with the supreme mechanical precision and reliability which represents the essence of. It is a hard decision for me to get into the n system because i still currently own 11 carl zeiss manual focus lens with the contax ax and aria bodies. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Database contains 2 contax g2 manuals available for free online viewing or downloading in pdf. A side benefit of this arrangement is that it allowed the ax to feature a macro mode which worked much like a builtin 10 mm extension tube, allowing for a magnification ratio higher than 1. This design was contaxs response to zeisss steadfast refusal to abandon their archaic technology and embrace autofocus, so the ax was an attempt to.
A quick push of the af button on the rear of the ax body will engage the automatic back focusing system and achieve focus, instantly. The tla30, when used with the contax rts ii quartz and other contaxes with direct ttl auto flash metering system, enables automatic electronic flash photography by means of direct ttl auto flash metering using the cameras light sensor that automatically controls the flash exposures in which the light through the lens is directly read from the film surface, this is often. The same way is also possible if you prefer to search by choosing the menu. In 1973 the contax name was licensed to the japanese maker yashica by carl zeiss to create a prestigious brand of 35mm cameras and. That was a superb little manual focus rangefinder and i got some wonderful shots from that thing. This design was contax s response to zeisss steadfast refusal to abandon their archaic technology and embrace autofocus, so the ax was an attempt to. Digital camera contax ax instruction manual 1 pages digital camera contax t3 instruction manual. Contax ax instruction manual, user manual, free pdf manual. We have 1 contax ax manual available for free pdf download. Like most contax n users, i came from the background of using the contax cy manual system for some time.
Discussion in manuals mtf charts broschures etc started by vadimbec, sep 25, 2012. Clearly a clumbsy hack for a camera system that was caught out with no af lenses and headed for failure a few years later, not somethng that sony is likely to resort to. The contax n1 is a 35mm auto focus slr camera introduced in 2001. Fx1 split image, fx2 matte, fx3 grid specifications. I got the contax tix some time in the mid 2000s, mainly as a curiosity and to add to my collection. The contax ax autofocus body a camera able to use existing manual focus lenses but provide autofocus capabilities seems, at first, like a wishlist winner. This is the original manual which was released alongside the contax tla 360 at the time of its debut. Auto focus in the saf mode, the camera adjusts and locks the focus instantly. There are problems associated with the idea which are hard to overcome, and the contax ax is the first body design to do so. Dec 09, 2010 i have 2 contax cameras, the 167 and the ax. We also have the factory assembly charts in the related items below. The contax rts is a, highly advanced electronic sir system camera developed by mutual cooperation of carl zeiss, west germany, and yashica, japan. Click here for a pdf directly from the manual 52910 contax rts bedienungsanleitung.
This site consists of a compilation of public information available on the internet. It does it in a way familiar enough to view camera users by moving the film plane rather than the lens or elements of the lens. All of the functions are electronic but are operated by easy to read knobs and levers. Jun, 2006 the ax gave you the ability to get the floating elements close to the right place by the manual prefocus mentioned above.
The build is fantastic, and despite the weight and size of the camera, the ax is easy to hold and comfortable in the hand. Very slow to lock on and completely incapable of tracking a moving subject. But sadly, most cannot achieve this goal due to age, deterioration and wear. Manual focusing as on other cont ax cameras manual focusing is accomplished with the twist of the focusing ring. Manualfocus yashicacontax contax 7 ma 1982 contax 7 md 1980 contax 9 quartz 1979 contax 159 mm 1985 contax 167mt 1987 contax aria 1998 contax ax 1996. The manual is automatically downloaded on the desktop or in the file downloads of your computer. Hello to all i need manual for d8 databack for contax ax maybe some of you can send it or point me to link with manual. Contaxtmanual pdf contaxt2manual pdf contaxt3instructionmanual pdf contaxtla360 pdf contaxtvsmanual pdf. View and download contax n1 instruction manual online.