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The true Rangefinder camera brought into the late Twentieth Century with the most advanced modern optical designs and advanced electronics. It long has been recognized that wide angle (where most serious amateur photographic activity is concentrated) optical design is highly compromised by mirror clearance considerations. The "G" series high performance very compact auto focus designs is intended as a latter day answer to challenges of 1930's design parameters.
The G-1 and G2 both incorporate wide base, high precision passive (pattern recognition and optimization) auto focus schemes while the G2 added an advanced (for that day) active infrared focusing system. Both are housed in Titanium cases. Both have full AE Exposure, Aperture priority Exposure, Full Manual Exposure, and TTL Flash Exposure. Shutter speeds range from 16 seconds to 1/2000 with the G-1 and to 1/6000 with the G2. Both have integrated motor/winder film advance, up to 2FPS for the G-1 and to 4FPS for the G2.
The crowning achievements of the system, however is the lens system and its overall compactness. Unlike SLRs (or the moronically conceived and executed Leica M5 with its idiotic physically encumbering swinging arm photocell), the Gs are not encumbered by considerations mirror box size/clearance. Lenses, and this is especially relevant for wide angle lenses, are system designed only to optimize optical characteristics. |
Contax (Carl Zeiss)
Contax G2 Black Set |
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| For years optical development activity for the shorter focal lengths of 35mm was hampered by the primary requirement of reflex mirror clearance. The only potentially serious camera maker contender, Leica, which might hav... |
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$450.00 |
Contax (Carl Zeiss)
21mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Biogon T* for G mount |
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| Not encumbered by retrofocus design requirement for reflex mirror or Leica M5 swinging arm sensor clearance this lens embodiment is arguably the best 21mm ever executed and it is much less expensive than the Leica 21mm f... |
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$1,150.00 |
Contax (Carl Zeiss)
45mm f/2.0 Carl Zeiss Planar T* for G Mount |
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| Thoroughly modern update of the classic Zeiss Planar design with new glass formulations, recalculated lens element curvatures and very modern T* multicoating technology. A normal lens designed and executed as no other on... |
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$165.00 |
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G2 |
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Contax (Carl Zeiss)
35mm f/2.0 Carl Zeiss Planar T* for G Mount |
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| A not quite symmetrical wide angle embodiment of a double Gaussian formulation. In a largely successful attempt to minimize vignetting so characteristic of wide angle 35mm lenses the rear element is very noticeably large... |
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