Because its an slr camera you can change lenses on the fly, even when film is loaded. Unlike shooting a manual rangefinder camera like the nikon sp, which takes me a whole day to get through one roll of film in great pain, the g system works so fast and effortlessly i blow through film quickly. Gseries contax models used a unique bayonet mount offering autofocus coupling mechanism. Contax medium format lens 645 to sony emount fringer adapter. I will do more testing with this combo later and post an update with pictures. If there are no results please try searching with fewer words.
Both deliver great images, but what people drive nuts is the 80mm f2, which gives a quite nice bokeh. There was a promise from the parent company kyocera to support and repair cameras until 2010 or parts running out when the contax 645 was discontinued in 2005. Wittig fachbuchverlag, huckelhoven 1991, isbn 388984118x, 272 seiten. On the back of the grip is the clever focusmode control with a button that lets you focus manually even if youre in single or continuous af mode. What makes the contax g system so much fun is how fast and easy it shoots. It comes with a user manual and a leica lens rear cap attached to it, it doesnt come with a contax 645 body cap though, so the adapter is closed at the back but open at the front. The use of the telekonverter mutar 1,4 x is currently not possible. Here is a list of all models of camera where we can supply a printed and bound manual based on your search. Jun 23, 2007 flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Contax 645 lenses are designed by zeiss, feature the legendary carl zeiss t multicoating, and produce images of exceptional color contrast and clarity. Its the camera i thought about buying after i felt i achieved so much with the yashica t5. The contax t3 is a camera i thought about buying many times before i put my money down. In addition to the features mentioned above, the following features are also available on the contax 645. Since manual focus contax and yashica manual focus 35mm slr cameras share the same common bayonet lens mount, their lenses may be used interchangeably.
The mamiya dl28 offers the mamiya 645 afd iii, the new sekor af 80mm f2. Competing cameras include pentax 645n and mamiya 645 af. View online or download contax n1 instruction manual. Or get a generic or original contax 645 body cap from ebay for example. Zeiss 2 empahsis on operability of manual focus besides autofocus 3 high. Mechanically, this lens is in proper working order. In august 2005, there was no link for new news releases on the contaxusa website tocad, as if everything was in limbo since february.
You may remember the article as part of the tuesday titans series. Mamiya pioneered the 645 slr system camera three decades ago and the. This totally automated kipon brand adapter mounts medium format contax 645 af series lenses on canon eos mount slr and dslr camera bodies to take advantage of the best of both worldclass manufacturers. The glass is clean and clear with no haze, fungus, or marks. For use at f2, i suggest the contax 220 vacuum back or a digital back. Find great deals on ebay for contax 645 and mamiya 645. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. The contax 645 is regarded as one of the best film medium format bodies ever created. Having turned 50 years old, i thought that my vision was getting too poor to focus my hasselblad equipment that i have had since 1969, so i bought a 645 with 80mm, quickly added the 140mm and teleextender, then waited until contax got their act together and came out with the 55mm lens the 45mm lens, which was the next shorter focal length to. The contax 645 released in 1999, nearly has it all. The aperture blades function properly and are free of oil. Fringer smart adapters for contax, sony and fujifilm. Fringer contax medium format 645 to emount adapter.
This library of information is only here for your information. If you own a 645 camera and would like to get some lenses for it, ebay has a range of options from which you can choose. Contax n contax 645 sony e fujifilm gfx50s fujifilm x mount. Mamiya 645 afd, with its ttl autofocus, autoexposure, autoflash and autofilm. Contax 645 the contax 645 requires no introduction. The sadapter c for contax 645 lenses from leica enables all contax 645 slr system lenses to be used on leica s, s2 and s2p camera bodies, thus expanding the range of ssystem cameras and exploiting the full capability of contax 645 lenses. There was absolutely no mention of the fact that production of the cameras and lenses had stopped.
Contax 645 instruction manual, user manual, pdf manual, free. Free camera instruction manuals, camera instructions, free. It has better viewfinder than both contax and mamiya, faster af but it is more like modern dslr it is much more electronic than contax, has different system of controls, it will probably not be able to work with 3rd party glass as contax and mamiya can say you can use pentacon 6 east german zeiss glass. Contax cameras continued to be produced by yashica until the latter was acquired by kyocera in 1983. With internal focusing, handling is a breeze and the af is snappy in use. Contax 645 af camera for medium format digital backs goes out. Things which later become familiar and routine are fresh and sometimes confusing.
Phase one is a danish company specializing in highend digital photography equipment and. But its during this initial familiarization period that one discovers whatworksand what doesnt, and read more. Autofocus backed by a precision manual focus system provides the ultimate in. Jan, 2009 contax 645 with kodak dcs pro back 645mp1 battery grip and 80mm f2 planar lens the first 30 minutes with a new camera are for me the most telling. Also, apart from hologon, all lenses were available in both gold titanium standard and black limited colors. Zeiss cy lenses in the mid1970s, carl zeiss west germany formed an alliance with japanbased yashica to launch a new line of contax slr cameras, starting with the rts of 1975. Mamiya 645 afd vs contax 645 af w digital back pro. Quick release camera plate for the contax 645 af fits most arca swiss style clamps. We provide free online pdf manuals for digital and film cameras. Its also the camera ive been trying to avoid buying through trying to find the perfect inexpensive 35mm lens compact. The contax 645 takes specific 2cr5 lithiumion batteries. These web site contains no information on digital cameras i do keep many digital camera manuals. The contax 645 is a medium format, singlelens reflex slr camera that produces a 6cm x 4.
Im looking at getting an auto focusing 645 system and ive narrowed it down to the contax 645 and mamiya 645 afd ii or iii. If the image below looks like your camera, click below to. Fotodiox pro lens mount adapter compatible with mamiya 645. Noted hologon was the only manual focus lens and the only germanymade lens in the lineup. For your device is available official mobile app all photo lenses from. The cooperation involved the creation of a new bayonet mount, the contax yashica or cy mount, which replaced the m42 screw mount that had been used on earlier. For the 5 minutes i played with it, its just like using a native nikon lens. This means when you store it you have to store it mounted to one of your contax 645 lenses. User guide for contax camera, free instruction manual. The best and worst film cameras of the 1990s emulsive.
Our mamiya 645 adapter is only designed to work with mamiya 645 manual focus lenses. The carl zeiss t lenses, in particular, soon gained a reputation for superb optical quality. In manual mode on the xt3 and focus assist, my nikon lenses perform just as well sans the af and ae meter coupling but with all of the controls that the xt3 has, its very easy to use the nikon glass to its fullest potential. If you are use to smaller format af then all 120 af are slow. The lens module contax 645 alpa is compatible with all carl zeiss lenses for the contax 645, the fixed focal lengths of 35, 45, 55, 80, 120, 140, 210 and 350 mm as well as the variosonnar 4590 mm archive zeiss.
There are companies that make rechargeable versions of the 2cr5, but we find these batteries to be dangerous to the contax and therefore do not recommend them if you own a contax 645 and do not permit them to be used in our rental cameras. Contax 7 md, 9, 167 mt, 645, aria, g, i, n, rts, sl, t, tvs, u. Contax 645 to canon ef adapter initial impression fm forums. In short, the contax 645 represents the highest expression of technology in medium. Acratech, patty sullivan 2502 supply st, pomona, 91767, ca. Receive a high quality printed and bound manual in days. Outfit your contax 645 camera with advanced lenses. Download it and you will be able to work with the lens database is much faster and easier. For 120 film, you will get 16 images per roll twice as many for 220 film. This camera eventually led to a larger brand name that produces several products now. Fotodiox lens mount adapter compatible with contax g slr lens. Contax manual focus slr film cameras for sale ebay.
The governor of minnesota has announced that all nonessential businesses must close for a twoweek period beginning friday, march 27th, to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Get the best deals on contax manual focus slr film cameras when you shop the largest online. The ads of the time touted the great lenses, but so what. I would like to hear what peoples opinions are on the contax system versus the mamiya system. The contax 645 began as a mediumformat camera within the zeiss line back in 1932. The contax 645 is an autofocus camera and unlike the contax ax 35mm camera i wrote about, the af on the 645 is quite good and definitely usable. The following samples show the sharpness of the contax g 902.
The contax 645 is clad in an attractive polycarbonate thats grippy and built upon a rugged, durable hybrid chassis thats mostly metal. In 2015, phase one introduced the xf camera system. It is now 2010 so that might be why there are more contax645 on the preloved market recently. Many of the features of the 645 af are retained from mamiyas previous series of 4. Would anyone happen to know if there is a way to get the 4120 apomakroplanar for the contax 645 system the lens is the only mf lens in that lineup adapted onto a 35mm system other than the contax n af system. Contax 645 lens jas contax 645 ef adapter v2 metabones v3 efe mount adapter sony a7r. We have been in business for over 40 years and have hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers all over the world. Although the description in this manual assumes the use of.
Its a contax and all the controls are well laid out. The vendor came up with a contax 645 to nikon adapter. Mamiya 645 af, with its ttl autofocus, autoexposure, autoflash and auto film. In full manual mode you can use the fstops on the lens but af is disabled. However, the prices are insane and over there on facebook, im still member of a contax 645 film group. View and download contax 645 instruction manual online. Its the camera that i thought about before i bought the contax t2, but couldnt afford. Its one of those cameras i could use without a manual and that to me is always a sign of a good camera. The manualfocus lenses can be fitted to the new mount, but the af cameras do not have the pin to.