Unfortunately I have stopped sourcing these cameras now as they are simply too hard to find and I get too many requests.
Other than that they are tough as old boots and will keep on going unless you chuck them in a puddle or throw them under a truck.Īll in all this is a wonderful and affordable little camera that gets really great results. The most common problem I have heard of is the film advance dying. Though there are apparently smaller places that will have a look at them. There are not really many downpoints to this camera other than Kyocera are no longer repairing them officially. The viewfinder is clear and easy to read, though it can be a bit tough when you have glasses. The ergonomics of the camera are great and it feels solid and comfortable in the hand. The camera is fully automated and has a program AE mode which is very easy to use. I am constantly knocked out at how good the rendering is on this lens. The 38mm f/2.8 lens was comprised of 5 elements in 4 groups which is extremely sharp. The T2 was furnished with a multi coated Carl Zeiss T* Sonnar lens, the sort of lens that you would find on a high end SLR of the time. Now I mentioned the lens, and what a lens it is. These are still going for over $1000 now, if you can find one. This was a premium camera, that came with a premium price tag too. This came with a platinum plating, a beautiful presentation case, and ostrich leather cladding on the camera. The 50th anniversary version is much less common than the regular gold version, and is quite a bit more expensive.īut by far the most expensive was the Platin version. The regular gold version, which was reasonably common, and the 50th anniversary version, which came with a mahogany presentation box and had a delightful suede cleaning cloth. There is also a gold plated version, and here lies the other common misconception. The titanium black is the second most common of the range, but the jet black is the rarest and commands a very high price tag. There is a common misconception that there is only one black version of this camera, but as you can see from the picture there is actually two. The most common finish is the champagne silver version, this is also the cheapest of the range. All bodies were manufactured from titanium (hence the T). The T2 was offered in several different finishes, some of which are rarer than others. So despite having the name of a great German manufacturer, this camera was made in Japan.
Contax/KyoceraĬontax was actually acquired by Kyocera (an abbreviation of Kyoto Ceramics) in 1983. But because of this bravura by the makers we got to have some simply gorgeous cameras that were also technically excellent. In my opinion there was no clear winner other than the consumer. And this camera and the later T3 were made in the hope of trouncing the competition. As I have mentioned in the past there was a bit of a ‘luxury compact’ was going on between the big makers (though Canon was conspicuous in its absence).
#Contax g2 black paint professional
When the Contax T2 was released in 1990 it was aimed squarely at the professional market. This little camera, which people wouldn’t give a second glance to on the street sports some wonderful optics. So why does this camera entrall me so? Well, to put it simply it is the glass. But one camera that retains a permanent position in the JCH collection is the Contax T2. I have had many cameras over the years, and many of them have passed and gone. Recently it has all been about the Ricoh GR1, but what everyone forgets is that there is a very famous rival out there, which can certainly trade punches with the GR.
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