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Contax

Index Contax

Contax began as a camera model in the Zeiss Ikon line in 1932, and later became a brand name. [1]

42 relations: Advanced Photo System, Allied-occupied Germany, Camera, Camera lens, Carl Zeiss AG, Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Catadioptric system, Contax I, Contax II, Dresden, DX encoding, Focal-plane shutter, Full-frame digital SLR, Image intensifier, Jena, Jenoptik, Kiev, Kyocera, Leica Camera, Leica M-mount, Lens flare, Lens speed, Light meter, List of digital camera brands, List of photographic equipment makers, Ludwig Bertele, M42 lens mount, Minox, Oberkochen, Pentacon, Pentaprism, Pentax, Single-lens reflex camera, Stuttgart, Tessar, Ukraine, Yashica, Zeiss Planar, Zeiss Sonnar, Zone System, 135 film, 1936 Summer Olympics.

Advanced Photo System

Advanced Photo System (APS) is a discontinued film format for still photography first produced in 1996.

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Allied-occupied Germany

Upon the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, the victorious Allies asserted their joint authority and sovereignty over 'Germany as a whole', defined as all territories of the former German Reich which lay west of the Oder–Neisse line, having declared the extinction of Nazi Germany at the death of Adolf Hitler (see 1945 Berlin Declaration).

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Camera

A camera is an optical instrument for recording or capturing images, which may be stored locally, transmitted to another location, or both.

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Camera lens

A camera lens (also known as photographic lens or photographic objective) is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media capable of storing an image chemically or electronically.

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Carl Zeiss AG

Carl Zeiss, branded as ZEISS, is a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements and medical devices, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846 by optician Carl Zeiss.

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Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung

The Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation), located in Heidenheim an der Brenz and Jena, Germany, is the sole shareholder of the two companies Carl Zeiss AG and Schott AG.

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Catadioptric system

A catadioptric optical system is one where refraction and reflection are combined in an optical system, usually via lenses (dioptrics) and curved mirrors (catoptrics).

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Contax I

The Contax I, or Original Contax, is a 35 mm rangefinder camera made between 1932 and 1936 by Zeiss Ikon.

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Contax II

The Contax II is a 35 mm rangefinder camera.

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Dresden

Dresden (Upper and Lower Sorbian: Drježdźany, Drážďany, Drezno) is the capital city and, after Leipzig, the second-largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany.

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DX encoding

DX (Digital indeX) encoding is an ANSI and I3A standard, originally introduced by Kodak in March 1983, for marking 135 and APS photographic film and film cartridges.

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Focal-plane shutter

In camera design, a focal-plane shutter (FPS) is a type of photographic shutter that is positioned immediately in front of the focal plane of the camera, that is, right in front of the photographic film or image sensor.

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Full-frame digital SLR

The term full frame or ff is used by users of digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLRs) as a shorthand for an image sensor format which is the same size as 35mm format film.

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Image intensifier

An image intensifier or image intensifier tube is a vacuum tube device for increasing the intensity of available light in an optical system to allow use under low-light conditions, such as at night, to facilitate visual imaging of low-light processes, such as fluorescence of materials in X-rays or gamma rays (X-ray image intensifier), or for conversion of non-visible light sources, such as near-infrared or short wave infrared to visible.

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Jena

Jena is a German university city and the second largest city in Thuringia.

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Jenoptik

As an integrated photonics group, Jenoptik divides its activities into three segments: Optics & Life Science, Mobility and Defense & Civil Systems.

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Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv (Kyiv; Kiyev; Kyjev) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper.

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Kyocera

() is a Japanese multinational ceramics and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

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Leica Camera

Leica Camera AG is a German company that manufactures cameras, lenses, binoculars, rifle scopes and ophthalmic lenses.

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Leica M-mount

The Leica M mount is a camera lens mount introduced in 1954 with the Leica M3, and a range of lenses.

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Lens flare

Lens flare refers to a phenomenon wherein light is scattered or flared in a lens system, often in response to a bright light, producing a sometimes undesirable artifact within the image.

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Lens speed

Lens speed refers to the maximum aperture diameter, or minimum f-number, of a photographic lens.

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Light meter

A light meter is a device used to measure the amount of light.

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List of digital camera brands

This is a list of digital camera brands.

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List of photographic equipment makers

This list of photographic equipment makers lists companies that manufacture (or license manufacture from other companies) equipment for photography.

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Ludwig Bertele

Ludwig Jakob Bertele (25 December 1900 – 16 November 1985) was a German optics constructor.

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M42 lens mount

The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models.

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Minox

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Oberkochen

Oberkochen is a town (officially a city, despite its size) in the Ostalbkreis, in Baden-Württemberg, in Germany, central Europe.

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Pentacon

Pentacon is the company name of a camera manufacturer in Dresden, Germany.

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Pentaprism

A pentaprism is a five-sided reflecting prism used to deviate a beam of light by a constant 90°, even if the entry beam is not at 90° to the prism.

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Pentax

is a brand name used primarily by Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for cameras, sport optics (including binoculars and rifle scopes), and CCTV optics.

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Single-lens reflex camera

A single-lens reflex camera (SLR) is a camera that typically uses a mirror and prism system (hence "reflex" from the mirror's reflection) that permits the photographer to view through the lens and see exactly what will be captured.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics,; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Tessar

The Tessar is a famous photographic lens design conceived by the German physicist Paul Rudolph in 1902 while he worked at the Zeiss optical company and patented by Zeiss in Germany; the lens type is usually known as the Zeiss Tessar.

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Ukraine

Ukraine (Ukrayina), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast; Belarus to the northwest; Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.

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Yashica

Yashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras.

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Zeiss Planar

The Zeiss Planar is a photographic lens designed by Paul Rudolph at Carl Zeiss in 1896.

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Zeiss Sonnar

The Zeiss Sonnar is a photographic lens originally designed by Dr. Ludwig Bertele in 1929 and patented by Zeiss Ikon.

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Zone System

The Zone System is a photographic technique for determining optimal film exposure and development, formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer.

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135 film

135 is photographic film in a film format used for still photography.

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1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany.

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Contax 645, Contax 645 AF, Contax RF-mount, Contax Y/C-mount.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contax

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