Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe the Contax 645 uses Zeiss optics, and not Leitz optics as you indicated. Peter K > ---------- > From: Mark Rabiner[SMTP:mrabiner@concentric.net] > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 1999 7:29 PM > To: Lugnuts > Subject: [Leica] Leica: Contax 645 Offtopic > > The Contax 645 came to Portland Oregon and I went downtown to check it > out. A beautiful camera with impressive mirror dampening and autofocus > backed up by a full set Leitz made in Japan Optics which I'm sure would > be hard to beat except: > they looked like cheap Vivitar Lenses of the '70s. This made the price > feel to be a decimal point on the high side. > I had gotten the impression that they might be priced 1/3 to 1/2 > comparable Hasselblad or Rollei/Zeiss but the rep read me off a list > which sounded like the same. All the same they would have to be in the > hundreds not thousands of dollars as no matter how pristine the glass if > the whole package looks like junk I don't want any part if it. It is > inexcusable. Am I a vain guy? > A bummer experience, I'm ready to check out a comparable Pentex or the > Fuji Texas autofocus Leica. > I think autofocus is perfect for MF film and could get me shooting more > of it. Especially 645 (vest pocket size). > Mark Rabiner >