


Today, a Contax G2 sells used for less than a new Nikon D5000Ĭontax T3 vs. The G2 and 45mm f/2 lens sold as a promotion for the equivalent of $1,800 (more than a new top-of-the-line Nikon F5 ), and the other basic small lenses sold for the equivalent of about $675 each. Like all of the best designs, things are kept simple and details are well-managed When new, the Contax G2 was a rich-man's travel and vacation camera. The titanium body was produced in three finishes (champagne, black paint, and black chrome), and in any of the three it cuts a figure. It's the camera I thought about buying after I felt I achieved so much with the Yashica T5.It's the camera that I thought about before I bought the Contax T2, but couldn't afford.It's also the camera I've been trying to avoid buying through trying to find the perfect inexpensive 35mm lens compact.Īnd the Contax G2 is very near to the essence of what makes a camera a fantastic machine. At f/2.8 its fastest speed is only 1/500th of a second (for reasons I discussed in my Contax T2 review, but even that is better than the fastest shutter speed of most compact cameras The Contax T3 is a camera I thought about buying many times before I put my money down. The T-series hit its high note with the Contax T3 in 2001, the very end of the film era The Contax T3 is one of three compact cameras to share a top shutter speed of 1/1200th of a second, the other two being the Canon Z115 and Z135.

And assuming that the curve continues, the Contax T3 should be the best, most expensive, and most infamous camera of the series. The Contax T3 is the final iteration of the fixed focal length Contax T-series. Same object distance of the camerasĬontax T3. Leica Minilux: 40mm/f2.4 Minolta TC-1: 28mm/f3.5 Testing Condition: RDPIII. ICE OFF Contax T3 vs Contax G2+G35 vs Leica Minilux vs Minolta TC-1 Test 2 For your information: Contax T3: 35mm/f2.8 Contax G35: 35mm/f2. Both T2, T3 are now rather cheap on eba Contax T3 vs Contax G2+G35 vs Leica Minilux vs Minolta TC-1 Test 1 For your information: Contax T3: 35mm/f2.8 Contax G2+G35: 35mm/f2. If you are looking for something small, go with T3, it is smaller with a better recomputed 6 element Carl Zeiss Sonnar 35mm/2.8, vs 5 element Sonnar 38/2.8 of T2 The black titanium version T3 is un-obstrusive. I have Contax T2 and T3, no experience with G2.
