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23rd April 2005
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Kyocera discontinues Contax brand
Kyocera has announced that it has decided to terminate the Contax branded camera business. Kyocera will terminate the shipment of CONTAX-branded cameras, and the exclusive lenses and accessories in September, 2005, except for the CONTAX 645 camera system, the shipment of which to some markets will come to an end in December, 2005.
  Another great camera going into history....Last edited by extreme2; 23rd April 2005 at 02:47 PM. |
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23rd April 2005
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Old news but not sad news. Contax brand name will be resurrected once a new company is invited to build cameras around that brand. Note that the brand name "Contax" is a patented name of Carl Zeiss, and Carl Zeiss built all the Contax lens.
In terms of Leica Camera System situation, Leica brand name is licensed from Leica Medical System. But the Leica lens are built within the Leica Camera System company, which has no relationship to Leica Medical System apart from the name licensed. |
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23rd April 2005
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what about the new Carl Zeiss Ikon (2005) ? Do you think this will negate the need for "Contax" it seems quite happily coincidental the development.
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23rd April 2005
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The Carl Zeiss Ikon is a rangefinder for sale by Carl Zeiss, while Contax is famous at Medium Format 645 cameras and sold by Kyocera. There is no relationship for these 2.
You should go ask professionals why they want a Contax 645 camera or larger than a 35mm RangeFinder. Simply because 35mm film do not allow such large enlargement compared to MF/LF film. Of course the Carl Zeiss Ikon lens is outstanding, but the 35mm film too little..... This is a consolidation of MF manufacturers, with Bronica and Contax gone there left Fuji, Hasselblad, Rolleiflex, Pentax and a few others I do not know. |
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24th April 2005
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will zeiss lens production be affected also??
i dun wish to see zeiss stop operation |
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24th April 2005
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Which brand series? Carl Zeiss is up and healthy (which I think so) with the lens they built for Hasselblad and Contax. Carl Zeiss owned the brand Contax and it is only Kyocera who decided not to use the brand Contax anymore. Carl Zeiss will pretty much be around for the next decade or so, it is only up to them whether to find a partner to continue the Contax brand. |
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24th April 2005
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i see.. okay thanks... who knows sony would be e 1 producing DSLR using zeiss lenses
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24th April 2005
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Do not think it will be Sony as Sony is not associated with quality professional goods, but rather branding goods.
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28th April 2005
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Zeiss and Nokia
For the fans of zeiss lenses, the links below are for their new camera phone lens, and the Nokia N series.
http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B58B...256FEA0065F705 http://www.nokia.com/nseries/ Last edited by JT1; 28th April 2005 at 10:05 AM. |
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