interessting. With Phase the Contax doesn't show the exposure mode.
You should probably email Sinar and ask them directly. We could only speculate. It would be nice to think that in a worst case scenario like Jenoptik choosing to stop production of Sinar gear and close that company that one of Jenoptik's other divisions that manufactures digital imaging like medical or aerospace could service the back, but maybe that is wishful thinking.I have some questions about Sinar backs that I have no clue how to answer:
- What if I buy a Sinar back, but Sinar goes out of business. Are there places which repair such backs?
- Does anyone have experience with insurance claims on a broken back with no support
- How often do backs fail?
I am leaning towards buying the back in any case, but I would like to have clearly in my mind what the consequences are if it fails. The situation would be quite similar to buying a Kodak 645 Pro, I think.
Having said that I think there is little that can go wrong with a single shot back because there are no moving parts in it as far as I know. It would become an issue if there was an internal fan that failed or if you scratched the glass or something else that seems minor but would render the back unusable until someone fixed it.
Ben