4/29/2023 0 Comments Contax rts iii review![]() It feared that the optical performance of its lenses was compromised by the entailing use of lighter materials. Yashica, perhaps unsurprisingly, was prepared to go ahead a prototype based upon the Contax 137 SLR with a coupled Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.4 lens was presented at Photokina in 1982 and its workings were, in principle, identical to the 7000 AF introduced three years later. The pressure to introduce AF had been building up over a long time. Obviously this was foreseeable for Zeiss and Yashica. ![]() Minolta 7000 AF (MAXXUM 7000) 35mm SLR camera It marked yet another significant milestone in photography as it was the first camera to feature both integrated auto-focus (AF) and motorised film advance. Kyocera inherited Yashica’s agreement with Zeiss and an expansion of the photography division was pursued by developing new products such compact cameras and even a medium format system, all equipped with Zeiss lenses.Īnother significant development of that decade was Minolta’s introduction of the 7000 AF (MAXXUM 7000) 35mm SLR camera. ![]() Kyocera is an industrial conglomerate with a very diversified product palette ranging from industrial ceramics (which gave the Kyoto-based company its name), to audio components, photo copiers and laser printers, solar cells, mobile telephones (due to a merger with Sanyo Electric) and ceramic kitches knives, just to name a few. The early 1980s saw two major changes for Contax: in 1983 Kyocera Corporation acquired the Yashica company. ![]()
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