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Re: [OM] death of OM - looked at contax

Subject: Re: [OM] death of OM - looked at contax
From: ClassicVW@xxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 06:38:02 EST
P.Dixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> I thought the Aria was a recent introduction? And dosn't one of the 
> AF contax change focus on the film plane, so still uses MF lenses?
> 

I owned an Aria. Very nice camera body and I can't say enough good about the 
Contax lenses. I'd say its been around 8 or 10 years by now. 

The Contax AX (AF body) uses the manual focus lenses by moving the film plane 
back and forth inside the body, to achieve autofocus. I don't think it ever 
was a great seller, they're available at much reduced prices from Contax 
right now. I think the internals went out of whack more than you'd expect, 
necessitating warranty work.

The Contax N1 (AF) system just came out a little more than a year ago, but 
that uses a new generation of AF lenses. The N1 (digital body) is just now 
entering the market, and it uses the same AF lenses as the N1 film camera. I 
have an N1 system and it is magnificent, but HUGE compared to an OM.

George S.
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