I would consider it a dead end camera as long as Contax continues to make
MF lenses. Or is Contax discontiuing all of its MF equipment?
Todd
At 06:37 AM 1/15/01 -0600, you wrote:
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>Not really. The AX didn't use AF lenses--it used the standard manual-focus
>Contax lenses that have been around since the early 1970s. AF was achieved
>by moving the film plane inside the body, not by actually focusing the
>lenses.
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>The people I've known who owned the AX actually liked it quite a bit, but it
>was highly contrived, awkward, and now is shown to be a dead end. It will be
>a collector's item someday, a footnote in the history of camera design.
>
>--Mike
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