Modern Classic SLR Series Contax RTS - Specifications
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Lens Mount: Contax/Yashica Mount (three-claw bayonet mount) developed by mutual co-operation of Carl Zeiss, West Germany, and Yashica, Japan Standard Lens: PLANAR T* 50 mm f/1.4 composed of 7 elements in 6 groups, interchangeable with a wide range of Carl Zeiss lenses
Shutter: Horizontal travelled silk fabric electronic focal plane sh unique design (primary and secondary shutter curtains uncap t starting from the identical position. Electronic timing on both Au Manual, shutter speeds continuously variable from LT (4 sec ) on Auto; 14 click stop settings from 4 to 1/2000 sec and 'B' on M sync terminal
Shutter Release: Feather-touch magnetic release Release socket for cable switch and for off-camera electronic remote control Exposure Control: Through-the-lens automatic exposure control with SPD sensor above the viewfinder eyepiece taking center-weighted light reading; Fully automatic exposure through lens aperture pre-selection (exposure readout on manual operation); LED shutter speed display in viewfinder. EV range: From EV -1 to 19 (f 1. 4 at ASA 100); Film Speed range: ASA range from 12 to 3200 Operates on 6V silver oxide or alkaline battery (Eveready 544, Ucar 544, Mallory PX28, Alkaline Eveready 537 or equivalent) Exposure Compensation: Provision for exposure compensation with scale calibrated from x4 to x9 ; in between settings feasible. Viewfinder: Through-the-lens reflex viewfinder shows up to o 92% of the actual picture area with magnification ratio 0 87x Pentaprism is silver coated; Reflection mirror multi-layer coated to ensure maximum brightness of the viewfinder field.
Viewfinder Display: 16-dot LED shutter speed display shows ca in-between speeds; Green shutter speed pointer overlaps ' and indicates shutter control dial setting on Manual Aperture dis maximum aperture of the lens in use on the extreme right and fgreen figure; Exposure compensation tab appears when the ex compensation pointer is set at any position other than 'X1".
Focusing screen: Focusing screen interchangeable from the lens mount side. Seven types are available Standard screen used is matte field with microprism spot. Film Advance: Film advance lever advances film through a single 140 degree stroke or several short ratchet action; Exposure counter resets automatically to start position when the back cover is opened Film Rewind: Film rewind crank-handle with unique clutch action; White index line on top of the knob rotates to indicate proper film advance Camera Back : Back cover opens when the film rewind knob is pulled all the way out ecamera; Back interchangeable with optional Data Back or 250 Film Back (for use with motor drive unit)

Other Features:

Multiple exposure through depression of the film rewind rele Mirror lock-up lever LED battery checker display Depth-of-field preview button
Direct X contact shoe with anti-shock provision Motor drive coupling terminal and film advance coupler Power: Operates on 6V silver oxide or alkaline battery (Eveready 544 or equivalent) Size: 142mm x 89.5mm x 50mm Weight: approx 700 grams (body only) Dimensions:
Basic Instruction Manuals: 6 Parts Beyond the User's Manual, addressing other Issues : 4 Parts | Back | to Index Page of Contax RTS | Back | to Main Index Page of Contax RTS series models
Camera Models: | Contax RTS | RTS II | RTS III | Shared Resources:| Motor Drive | Winder | Screens | Flash | Macro | Remote
Main Reference Map: RTS - HTML | PDF (6 k ) RTS II - HTML | PDF(8 k ) RTS III - HTML | PDF Specification: RTS - HTML | PDF RTS II - HTML | PDF RTS III - HTML | PDF 1975: 1979: 1980: 1982: 1982: RTS 139Q 137MD 137MA RTS II 1985: 1987: 1990: 1992: 1992: 159MM 167MT RTS III S2 S2b 1992: 1994: 1996: 1998: 2000~
List of Carl Zeiss T* lenses for Contax SLR cameras
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Modern Classic SLR Series Contax RTS - Main Reference Map
Basic Camera Operations: 6 Parts
Camera Models: Contax RTS | RTS II | RTS III Shared Resources: Motor Drive | Winder | Screens | Flash | Macro | Remote Photography Main Reference Map: Specification:
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Copyright 1999. leofoo M I R Web Development Team. Credit: Some of the content are extracts from: Cees De Groot , who maintains a Contax FAQ site and Tim Roger website on Contax SLR cameras, A few of the images on Zeiss lenses were downloaded from Contax US website. My parner, Yeak for his cool programming with the Message Board, Site created 'unfortunately' again with a PowerMac Broadcasting with a Linux Redhat server