k_michael Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Contax seems to be going. Any talk of anyone picking up the brand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theumguy Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 If I'm not mistaken, Kyocera announced last month that they would be stopping production of all the Contax brand, and stop selling it by the end of 2005. I read a press release from them on Kyocera's website, but I don't have the link in front of me right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbing Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Yes, old news I'm afraid. For what it's worth, Zeiss still owns the brand...Kyocera only licenced the name. You can never say that a brand has disappeared forever though...I suppose people would have considered that Zeiss Ikon cameras were never going to appear again and...surprise!...there is a new Ziess Ikon rangefinder, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sollett Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I read on the Contax site that a company called Tocad will be handling service of the G series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank granovski Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Re: "Kiss Contax Goodbye?" Nope. I just bought a G2 a few weeks back. It's not going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetR Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Don't worry about Zeiss. They will be busy making lenses for the cameras on Nokia cellphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank granovski Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 ...and for the new Zeiss Ikon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_hall1 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 >Don't worry about Zeiss. They will be busy making lenses for the cameras on Nokia cellphones. Yeah right. http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A100537AB9/Contents-Frame/087AAF722214AFF241256A7900543DDC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdp Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 The magnificent Contax cameras as we know them (RX,Aria,S2 etc) are no longer being produced and neither are the C/Y mount lenses for these machines. Tocad America will handel distribution and repair for Cameras introduced after 1989, support will continue for ten years. These are wonderful cameras and I expect them to last a good long time. So while they are no longer being produced, they are still very much alive as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin_elliott Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 I'll echo Vincent's comments.Apart from my C645 I also own and use, an S2b and a Contax 1 which I've had 47 years. It is still going strong. Just because a manufacturer ceases doesn't mean that the cameras become non-working display models! When Studebaker and Packard stopped making cars, the ones on the road didn't suddenly stop in their tracks. Unlike the S and P cars though, I believe another company will produce cameras under the Contax name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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