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35mm Contax/Yashica mount SLR camera introduced in 1980. Very similar to Contax 139 Quartz but lacks TTL flash support and depth of field preview. It has an electronic focal plane shutter with a top speed of 1/1000s and aperture priority mode. Metal and plastic body available in black.
The Contax / Yashica mount was the result of a collaboration between Carl Zeiss and Yashica after the latter purchased the rights to the Contax name in 1975. The goal was to merge Zeiss’s excellent lens design with Yashica’s electronics and manufactering process within a single mount. This came only a few years after Leica began collaborating with Minolta.
Both Yashica and Contax would produce cameras and lenses for this new mount, with Yashica targeting consumers and Contax aiming at professionals. Contax SLRs were known for pushing the limits of electronics at the time, and for producing some of the best lenses Zeiss designers ever came up with.
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