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Contax

Contax (stylised as CONTAX in the Yashica/Kyocera era) began as a German camera model in the Zeiss Ikon line in 1932, and later became a brand name. The early cameras were among the finest in the world, typically featuring high quality Zeiss interchangeable lenses. The final products under the Contax name were a line of 35 mm, medium format, and digital…

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Ernst LeitzContax ILeicaFocal-plane shutterShutter speed
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Yashica/Kyocera-licensed models

Contax RTSManual focusExtension tubeHasselbladZone System
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Zeiss Ikon cameras

Leica M3Backward compatibilityLens throatPortland, OregonKine Exakta
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Carl Zeiss interchangeable lenses for Contax cameras

OberkochenLens flareTessarBerlin OlympicsTessar
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Owner
Carl Zeiss AG
Country
Germany
Discontinued
2005
Introduced
1932
Markets
Worldwide
Produced by
Carl Zeiss AG, Yashica

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Zeiss Ikon cameras

Yashica/Kyocera-licensed models

Carl Zeiss interchangeable lenses for Contax cameras

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Contax

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples215
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Contax

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related to Post-war division · 27
Contax → After, Carl Zeiss, Dresden, During, FB, FBM, Finally, FM, Hubert Nerwin, Introduced, Jena, Kyiv, M42, Mirror, Not, Pentacon, Second World War, SLR, Spiegelreflex, The
related to 35 mm SLR models · 23
Contax → C/Y, Contax RTS, Contax/Yashica, Dr, Dresden-built, Featuring, Katsuiko Sugaya, Like, Pentax, Porsche Design, Prof, Real Time System, S2, S2b, SLR, Some, Stuttgart, The, The Contax, Top Secret Project
related to Lenses for the original rangefinder models · 19
Contax → Apart, Carl Zeiss, Carl Zeiss Jena, Contessa-Nettel, For, Jena, Ludwig Bertele, Oberkochen, Oberkochen-based Carl Zeiss Optical, Second World War, Since, Sonnar, The, Therefore, These, Traditionally, Unar/Protar, Zeiss, Zeiss-Opton
related to Lenses for Yashica/Kyocera-built cameras · 19
Contax → Aposonnar, Biogon, Distagon, F-Distagon, Hologon, Makro-Planar, Makro-Sonnar, Mirotar, Mutar, Normal, PC-Distagon, Planar, Sonnar, Tele-Apotessar, Tele-Tessar, Tessar, The, The Yashica/Kyocera-built Contax, Vario-Sonnar
related to Pre-war · 15
Contax → By, Contax II, Contessa-Nettel, However Zeiss, Leica, Made, Replacing, Super-Nettel, System Camera, The, The Contax, This, Universalkamera, Using, Zeiss
related to 645 · 13
Contax → By, CF, CFE, CFI, FE, Hasselblad V-series, In, MAM-1, One, Polaroid/instant, RTSIII SLR, SLR, Zeiss
related to IIa and IIIa · 12
Contax → Biogon, Contax IIa, Designed, Dresden, However, IIa, IIIa, Since, Stuttgart, The, West Germany, Zeiss Ikon
related to N series · 12
Contax → CCD, Contax C/Y, Digital, Japan, Kyocera, N1, NX, SLR, The, The Contax, The Contax NX, Three
related to Licensed branding · 11
Contax → An, Distagon, Hologon, Leica, Leitz, Numerous, Rival Leica, RTS, The, West German Zeiss-designed, Yashica
related to Dresden-built SLR models · 10
Contax → As, Contax SLR, Dresden, East German, Hubert Nerwin's, SLR, The, Wilhelm Winzenberg, Winzenberg, Zeiss-Ikon

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lenses zeiss cameras camera lens made mm also system used shutter kyocera yashica new sonnar use slr ikon models carl

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ContaxCountryGermany1.00infobox
ContaxDiscontinued20051.00infobox
ContaxIntroduced19321.00infobox
ContaxMarketsWorldwide1.00infobox
ContaxOwnerCarl Zeiss AG1.00infobox
ContaxProduced byCarl Zeiss AG, Yashica1.00infobox
ContaxProduct typeFilm cameras1.00infobox
ContaxRelated brandsZeiss Ikon, Yashica, Kyocera1.00infobox
Contaxrelated to 35 mm SLR modelsThe Contax0.60section
Contaxrelated to 35 mm SLR modelsYashica/Kyocera0.60section
Contaxrelated to 35 mm SLR modelsStuttgart0.60section
Contaxrelated to 35 mm SLR modelsLike0.60section

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