The choice of the standard leica m or the monochrom is the first decision to be made. The leica sadapter c when used with contax 645 lenses on any of the leica s cameras offers the following. We have been in business for over 40 years and have hundreds of. The contax t2 was offered in in champagne silver, black and gold plated finishes. Leica mini 35mm point and shoot camera wajda photo gear talk.
Mar 02, 2011 the contax is not really a match for the leica m as a modern user camera. While frustrated that leica never updated the q manual for release 2. Thinking of getting the leica cm while they are still available. Online library leica mini zoom manual sisnzh leica mini zoom manual sisnzh right here, we have countless ebook leica mini zoom manual sisnzh and collections to check out. One important difference between the leica minlux contax t2, and leica cm contax t3, is the flash output on the latter cameras is related to aperture as well as focussing distance.
I am currently using both the minilux nonzoom and t2. The olympus xa series of cameras were compact cameras. Ricoh gr1s is a high end 35mm film autofocus compact camera introduced in 1997 by ricoh, noteable for its excellent 28mm lens quality. The g1 has an awful af system, and the g2 has a less bad af system. Jan 25, 2012 hello i just bought contax tvs with carl zaiss 2856mm lens.
And even though you didnt mention this as a factor, the contax was smaller and fir into my jeans pocket. Leica minilux vs contax t2 ze battle of the pretty good compacts. I am especially interested to know if the cm can produce those 3d like images of the contax g 45mm. View and download leica vlux 1 instructions manual online. I loved it when i first got it, but increasingly found its weight an issue. Aug 31, 2015 all of this adds a touch of class, and its clear that leica wasnt interested in making a plastic pointandshoot with a leica badge adhered to the front. The leica minilux zoom is a very basic pointandshoot for rich people. I was lucky to borrow a used one from a camera store i worked in during my student days, along with the contemporary leica iiic, the contax with the 50mm sonnar, the leica with the 50mm summar. Amedeo zeiss contax rangefinder mount to leica m mount adapter. I prefer the leica s precise manual focus to the contax inconsistent, but fast, autofocus.
Amedeo zeiss contax rangefinder lens internal mount or external mount lens adapter with rangefinder coupling to leica m camera bodies film or digital. We have been in business for over 40 years and have hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers all over the world. For weddings, i recommend the leica m series for lenses no longer than 75mm f2. Dear fellow lugnuts, i have been using the contax t2 and tvs cameras for the past three years. May 14, 2012 after several trials with my nex7, using both leica slr r lenses and karl zeiss, contax yashica lenses, this is my conclusion. Sep 7, 2009 hi, back in the analog days i used to have a contax t2 i still have it.
The contax n digital and the leica sl typ 601 are two digital cameras that were revealed to the public, respectively, in february 2002 and october 2015. The first contax t was a 35mm rangefinder camera released in the 1980s. Any comments would be appreciated as im just geting back into photography after many years. User guide for contax camera, free instruction manual. Shutter speeds were kept identical with each camera for each pair of shots. The contax t2 is a autofocus 35mm compact camera released in 1991 by kyocera under the contax brand. Other specialproduction, top models from the likes of. It introduced an illuminated lcd display, two additional coatings on the lens elements and the ability to attach ricoh filters. Novoflex contaxyashica lens to leica slt camera body letcont. Unlike the original, which is a manual mechanism that you pull down by hand, the contax tvsiii has a motorised flap that folds down automatically when the camera is switched on.
This lens adapter from novoflex enables the use of your contax yashica lenses on leica t and sl mirrorless digital camera bodies. 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. Intro specs compared performance usage recommendations. To sum it up, i was more satisfied with the pictures. The contax is not really a match for the leica m as a modern user camera. But my favorite camera of that ilk is the nikon sii with the 28mm or 35mm. Kodak gold 200 kodakcolorplus 200 and now, some technical details. The minilux is a very competent camera with a great lens, so long as you can survive without using filters and dont go blind peering though the tiny peephole finder. The difference is very small, but if i would like to change somthing on my t3, it is to have less wide angle on it. There is now a pdf file with the mtf data of the t2 and t3 lenses. The leica minilux is a highly sought after point and shoot film camera as there are not many fixed lens point and shoot cameras with real leica optics. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The adapter features a durable, machined construction and has a manual design that does not relay any lenstocamera communication, thereby requiring the use of manual focus, stopdown metering, and either manual or aperture priority exposure mode. Best to leave the mode dial on p or a manual aperture setting, this then allows the camera to simply.
Aperture priority ae selection on a dial on the retracting lens body, and manual focus on a thumb dial. The contax t3 is the best pointnshoot in the worldthe leica minilux is wonderful, but without external flash support but its wonderful lens is 12 step faster. Leica camera ag is a german company that manufactures cameras, lenses, binoculars, rifle scopes, microscopes and ophthalmic lenses. The contrast and colour are much better than contax t2. If you arent completely happy just return the manual for a full refund. Leica minilux for sale in uk 57 used leica miniluxs. Contax t2 instruction manual, user manual, pdf manual, free. Ive had no problems with speed and accuracy of any of my leica lenses, including the 70mm. This is possible with the leica leica sadapter c it makes it possible to use all the zeiss contax 645 lenses including the mutar 1,4x t and the.
Leica vlux 40 manual instruction, free download user guide. Leica mini 35mm point and shoot camera to support me as a patron with a contribution, even just. View and download contax t2 instruction manual online. According to a thread below, leica is introducing a new minilux, called the cm, this november. However t3 is smaller and has a visibly better lens. It was the second of the t series of highend compact film cameras targeted at the professional and luxury consumer markets.
It is admittedly very satisfying to action the mechanism when i first got the camera i must have turned it on and off 20 times. Where to download leica mini zoom manual bjesus wajda photo gear talk. Autofocus and manual focus with focus confirmation automatic aperture. We additionally offer variant types and plus type of the books to browse. I prefer in general for a always with you camera the focal lenght of 40mm vs. Released in 1990, the contax t2 was the second of the contax t series of highend compact film cameras targeted at the professional and luxury consumer markets. I am not reminded as much of the contax s2 as much as i am of the leica minilux. Not only is this camera comparable in features to the contax t2 but also in price. The users manual cautions that taking a flash picture of a moving train, car, bike, bus or truck will. How to use contax s2 and any other typical manual camera. Unfortunately they give no real values for the minilux zoom, but tell in another magazin, the mtfvalues were nearly on par with the minolta tc1 and better than contax t2 and tvs, so i guess, the minilux zoom should be near 7,5 and 8,6 like the minolta tc1. Below is a link to the pdf olympus manual for the original olympus xa. Oskar barnack 18791936, who had in mind a very precise idea and was looking for a partner for achieve it. Help with contax 645 lenses leica s system leica forum.
Leica sadapter c for contax lenses leica store miami. Both are dslr digital single lens reflex cameras that are based on a full frame n digital and a four thirds digilux 3 sensor. Mar 27, 2016 i have a leica 007 with leica 3090, 70mm, 100mm, and 180mm lenses, and contax 645 80mm, 140mm, and 210mm lenses and adapter. The 5 element sonnar on t2 has a slight color fringing, visible. I have contax t2 and contax t3, i like the ergonomics of contax t2, bright viewfinder, genuine thick titanium body unlike leica minilux with only coated titanium, and much more easy to operate than contax t3. The contax was a technically more advanced camera than the ltm leica. Leica x1 is this the digital version of the contax t2. Its easy to select a guessedat manual focus distance, or to select an aperture in aperturepriority mode.
Jun 24, 2010 i have my own thoughts about the rf contax versus the ltm leica and the m leica. The minilux is part of a david douglas duncan story and book. Meanwhile, in 1911, a precision mechanical engineer who had previously worked in carl zeiss jena started working in leitz factory. The contax t2s closest rival was the leica minilux. The t3 is using a passive af, the t2 and the minilux are using active af. Leica mini ii 35mm point and shoot the leica mini ii isnt one of those point and shoot cameras with a cult following like the contax t2 or the olympus stylus epic, but. That said, the selective focus of all the leica f1.
Nine years is a lot of time in terms of technology, meaning newer sensors are overall much more efficient than the older ones. Mar 15, 2017 introduction sony a7rii with voigtlander vme close focus adapter and leica summilux 35mm 1. This camera is beautiful made and mint condition its also come with very nice price from e bay. The n digital is a dslr, while the sl is a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Discussion in contax systems started by dirk, may 14, 2002. Here is a list of all models of camera where we can supply a printed and bound manual based on your search. The same way is also possible if you prefer to search by choosing the menu. Leica s camera contax 645 lens gear bamber photography. I try find manual online unfortunately unsuccessfully.
Having owned a black contax t2 when it was launched i later sold that camera, i have the ricoh gr1, leica minilux, black contax t and the nikon 3ti, i love the zone focus system of the t, but in all honesty i shoot the ricoh more often than the others, i prefer manual focus over an auto focus system but as you wrote the lack of built in flash. A little update since my point of view on this camera has changed somewhat since i wrote this post, i thought i might update it. The 10 best 35mm compact cameras ever made digitalrev. If i had a contax system, id use your 85 and 5, and add a leica for a 35mm or wider set of lenses. If there are no results please try searching with fewer words. Ii leica and contax were the only two widely available professional system 35s. The af in general is different to the older t2 or the leica minilux. Receive a high quality printed and bound manual in days. The shutter of the leica cm zoom 1500s is different and more reliable to the one of the leica cm 1s. All our user guides are for pdf format portable document format.
I have been using these cameras for more than ten years. Contax tvs iii, the versatile in relation to the leica mini lux zoom shot is somewhat smaller the contax tvs iii and works owing to the fine roundnesses more elegantly. The contax t2 was renowned for its carl zeiss t multicoated sonnar 2. The adapter enables owners of the contax 645 system to switch effortlessly to the leica s system. You are comparing sensors of very different generations.
Hcb threatened to sue ddd for shots that he took of hcb at a. For example, purely in the compact camera market we had brands like minolta, konica, rollei, yashica, contax, olympus, leica, and not to mention nikon and canon all crafting out iconoclastic, memorable, and distinctive models. The leica minilux is a highly sought after point and shoot film camera as. George takes to the streets of london with his contax t2 to shed a bit of light on possibly the best 35mm film point and shoot camera. This page may not be sold or distributed without the expressed permission. I also include some sample images at the end of the video. In teaching my grandson how to think before hitting the shutter button, it dawned on me that manuals are not user guides. In comparision minox gte is only 7 oz, even that i feel a bit heavy in pocket. The best way to see if you really want a contax is to buy a kiev 4a. Leica vlux 2 manual instruction, free download user guide. I suspect the electronics on the t3 are the same as on the t2. Today most contax ii iii are well worn, they were workhorses.
It takes photos as sharp and clear as any leica or contax, has more convience features than most slrs, and focus faster and more accurately than i can with an m6. Leica minilux vs contax t2 ze battle of the pretty good. The contax t2 is one of those cameras that has skyrocketed in price due to its. Oct 10, 2007 flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. A rollei 3535s or contax t2 indeed are a bit heavy in the pocket but is fine on a belt case.
Using zeiss lenses for the contax 645 system on your leica s cameras with full functionality. In its day it was a great camera but has not stood the test of time as well as the leica. Together with the manual focusing the mini lux are zoom shot, although automatically, prepared for series accommodations with identical adjustments in the best way. With the minlux and t2 the flash always fires at full power, and a suitable aperture is set according to focus distance. The t3 is far better in this and nearly all other optical respects. Its features sound more competitive with the t3 than the old minilux was. Discussion in leica and rangefinders started by rick5, apr 20, 2002. Leica minilux vs contax t2 ze battle of the pretty good co flickr.
The leica cm is a significant improvement over the old leica minilux. Oct 07, 2017 how to use contax s2 and any other typical manual camera lens heaven japan 2. The range of lenses is limited, the reliability lower and repairs expensive. Aug 01, 2014 most people coming to the leica world typically budget for a body and one lens. With this adapter, contax 645 lenses can be used with the leica s typ 007, typ 006, leica s2 and leica s2p cameras. I have for the most part been very happy with the results. I have three of them 2 leica minilux and 1 minilux zoom. Anybody who has used the leica cm or minilux and either of the contax.
Discussion in contax systems started by guest, jun 20. The leica cm has the better viewfinder and is superior in every technical aspect to the minilux, but some have a shutter fault, which cannot be repaired by leica anymore. The leica minilux is a japanese pointandshoot introduced about 1995. The manual dial for distance should have a lock button as the minilux does, or at least click stops because its too easy to move the camera into an out of focus postion. Both cameras are equipped with a full frame sensor. The leica m series is a much finer system when using wide angle lenses. The contax has a combined rfvf window and speeds of up to 11250 against the 1500 of my iif.
Leica minilux 1995 cover image shot with a nikon 35ti by flickr. There is a gap of 9 years between contax n 2000 and leica m9 2009. After a year of regular use i still find the t3 to be the pinacle of mini cameras. Either way, i hope you enjoy the video and i hope it. They had no t3 to look at and, to me, the t2 appeared a better camera than the leica minilux. With the contax ii and iii, zeiss not only had a legitimate competitor to leica, in many ways it bettered leica and was often considered the professional 35 system. Contax t2, nikon 35ti bigger and much heavier than the t3 but i like the analogue displays and vf info, the diminutive ricoh grv1 28mmlens, and of course the leica minilux and cm both not as compact as the t3. Zeisss finest rangefinder 35mm film camera, the contax ii, was manufactured in germany between 1936 and 1941.
The contax n digital and the leica digilux 3 are two digital cameras that were revealed to the public, respectively, in february 2002 and september 2006. This camera also features the rare date imprint back which the standard miniluxes do not have. Contax ii photographs, photographers and photography. The gr1s is an evolution of the ricoh gr1 released in 1996. The manual is automatically downloaded on the desktop or in the file downloads of your computer. 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. In my own case, i am looking at my fathers iif and my contax iia rd. And i used to use a contax t2 wish i hadnt sold it at times.
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