Advantages: Has the sharpest optics in the world Disadvantages: unavailable in the high street, small lens range
...many have heard of the Contax name even), has some of the best optics in the world in its stable, as verified by independent lens testing.
The 16mm Hologon
http://www.photodo.com/prod/lens/detail/CoGHologon16_8-124.shtml
The 21mm Biogon
http://www.photodo.com/prod/lens/detail/CoGBiogon21_28-122.shtml
35mm Planar
http://www.photodo.com/prod/lens/detail/CoGPlanar35_20-125.shtml
45mm Planer
http://www.photodo.com/prod/lens/detail/CoGPlanar45_20-126.shtml
... ...non compromises. Everything about the Contax G1 and its lenses are about excellence. No company accountant pulling the purse strings here.
The camera is a rangefinder camera (like most compact cameras) where the light from the lens goes directly onto the film on exposure with separate provision for the viewfinder, this format allows the lens designers to optimise the lens optics. In SLR cameras the lens designs are a compromise as the designers ...
opinion-maker 03.02.2002
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