How come Contax never made a digital back for the G2?

<p>I'm just sayin'. I was playing with my G2 yesterday and recollected that they made a data back, so back swapping was an option. Wouldn't a digital back have been sweet? Wish the company had survived. We'll never see glass like that again.</p>

<p>--w</p>

<p>...because they would have lost PILES on money producing one.</p>

<p>Just because you want one does not mean 1000's of people do...and business are in the business of making profits...</p>

<p>did companies like contax make serious money since the 70's, when they ceased to be major players? i have a feeling that many of these smaller manufacturers (including leica) are run along business likes, however, at the helm there are photo enthusiasts. they enjoy running the business and thus it is carried on.<br>

research and development costs money. marketing costs would also be a major factor. a small player like contax could not have pulled off these additional costs unless there would be a guaranteed success.</p>

<p>sheesh! you guys are so <em>serious</em> !</p>

<p>Your question didn't sound like a joke, maybe you should have put a few smileys at the end.</p>

<p>Here I am waiting for a digital back for the Kodak Ektra!</p>

<p>not a joke, really, just a whistful fantasy. sorry for the drama.</p>

<p>"We'll never see glass like that again."<br>

You can still buy Zeiss lenses!</p>

<p>Contax cameras of 'recent' vintage were produced by Kyocera, a large company. The failure of the Contax ND seemed to be the final nail in the camera division coffin.</p>

<p>Ward, I have often wondered why there weren't digital backs for other camera bodies as well. I believe there was on company in Germany that tried but disappeared. Imagine a digital back for some of the medium format cameras. Instead of being on the brink of going out of business, a reasonably priced digital back might stoke enough demand to keep them producing medium format bodies and lenses well into the future.</p>

<p>Michael digital backs for MF cameras are about as old as Photo.net; they were once 2048x2048 pixels for a Hasselblad in the 1994 to 1995 timeframe.</p>