Wow that's a lot of use! I guess having them repaired so often isn't so bad
then. I love how my Hasselblad lenses draw compared to my Mamiya 645 lenses.
If the Contax lenses are the same/similar then I understand why you want
one.
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On 2/16/09 5:15 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I never knew the Contax was so unreliable, I'm glad now that I
>> never got one.
>>
>
>
> No, it's reliable enough. It's just that this particular guy uses his all
> the time as his primary camera of choice. The repair cycles are actually in
> line with the 'Blads. Last year I asked him about them and he says his most
> used unit is now around a million exposures.
>
> I'd personally pick Contax over the others in medium-format because of the
> optics. I happen to love the way those lenses "draw".
>
> AG
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