Craig Marshall continues his series on classic Contax stills lenses that make for great video on modern cameras. This time it's the turn of the Zeiss ‘Contax’ Planar 50mm f/1.7. Weekends at RedShark ...

The classic Carl Zeiss Contax lenses make for excellent glass on modern cameras. Craig Marshall evaluates the Vario-Sonnar 35-70mm f/3.4, a lens so good that it became known as a variable prime. With ...

35mm Auto-focus SLR that incorporates several 'World's First' features. The Contax N1 incorporates 5-Point Wide Array Diagonal Focus System and Fine Focus ABC (Auto Bracketing Control) - technologies ...

I have too many 50mm lenses and I am letting this one go with a $25 EOS adapter (non-AF confirmation chip). It is in excellent condition (no scratches, focusing ring is smooth, aperture ring is snappy ...

"The Distagon T* 45mm lens is the all-purpose wide-angle lens in the Contax 645 auto focus system. The focal length of 45mm on a Contax 645 is approximately equivalent to 28mm in the 35mm format.