They may feel tough and well made, but the insides are brittle, especially the electronics which are prone to failure. They are not a good buy.Īnd while I loved the Contax brand, there has always been one thing I’ve known since using Contax film cameras in the 90s: They are fragile. Still, this is a lesson to be learned especially when buying older and expensive digital cameras. I felt bad for my friend, but he took it all in stride. I guess if the sensor is gone, you have $2000 brick as a souvenir □ Guess what? It came back a couple months later, UNREPAIRABLE. I am not sure if they still are.Īnyway, Tocad sent the camera back to Kyocera in Japan for servicing. With my help, we sent the camera back to Tocad, who were still servicing Contax cameras at the end of 2013. Now here’s the CAVEAT…A few months after giving back the camera, my friend reported that the camera had a sensor failure! Thankfully, I was not to blame □ Prices are trending at $2K or above for minty, working samples. The Contax N Digital is pretty rare on the used market, although they show up once in a while on eBay, and once in a blue moon on KEH’s website. You can get “smooth and silky” bokeh, but you need to get in close without a lot of clutter in the background. Contrary to what a lot of people say, I usually find Zeiss bokeh to be “busy” but eye catching. One of my “boring test shots” as I call them. Contax N Digital, Zeiss 50mm f/1.4N Planar, ISO 100.
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