The following was posted in the Compuserve Photo Forum by Mike Johnston,
the editor of Photo Techniques.
Seems that Contax at least is still pursuing the market for a high quality
small manual focus camera...
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Contax has announced a new camera that looks interesting. The "Aria" has
been made, according to the Japanese press release, to be "a thorough
pursuit of what is 'small, light, and easy-to-use.'" It weighs under 17
ounces and appears to be slightly bigger in physical size than an Olympus
OM camera or something like a Nikon FM-2. Otherwise it bears a strong
family resemblance to the other Contax SLRs, with a molded handgrip and big
oversized knobs. It's also the first Contax with optional multi-segment
evaluative metering, in addition to center-weighted and spot. Built-in 3
fps motor wind, auto-bracketing, and 5 custom functions.
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Regards,
Denton
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