wiliam_o. Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Hi, I am a photo assistant in london and have been booked for a big job with a photographer who claims to be using a Contax 6x7 camera. Does this actually exist? I have worked with the contax 645 before and also the pentax 6x7 and thought maybe the photographers agent had confused these two?!? Any help with this would be great.. especially if it does exist, so i can find out a bit before the job! Thanks, Willem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Willem,<br><br>The long and short answers are both "no". There is no 6x7 Contax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franka t.l. Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 He probably mean Pentax 6x7 , after all there's really only 2 viable 67 system around, its either the Pentax or the Mamiya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_rhodes Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 There is no Contax 6X7. The agent must have gotten confused. He probably means Pentax 67. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrey_steinberg Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 I think he meant 6x45 which is a Contax medium format that is not quite as large as 6x7 but is used by some fashion photographers with either film or digital backs. My guess is that is what he meant. He probably said it right and it got lost in translation. I haven't met too many pros who don't know what type of camera they are using (although I did meet one). --Jeffrey Steinberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_carlton Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 He probably meant Pentax 6x7. There are quite a few confusing "x"-s in the photography world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marios pittas Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 LOL.. at a time when we all wish for someone to continue with our favourite camera.. Zeiss pls..... ;) Willem: No such camera of course exists.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiliam_o. Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 hi, thanks for alll the answers. I thought i was going mad here but i guess it must just be the agent getting confused about what equipment will be used by the photographer... Thanks again! Although.. the idea of a contax 6x7 sounds lovely! Willem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbright Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 <p>I would think that if Contax released a 6x7 camera today, it would fly off the shelves, into the hands of Photographers. Film, or digital.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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