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Contax G lenses

philber

Member
I own G28, 45 and 90. The 28 has too many issueson my A7R to be useable. The 45 and 90, for my taste are not a perfect match for the cam. The übercontrasty rendering is just a bit over the top for my taste. I prefer the somewhat milder drawing style of Leica R. Obviously, prices and size/weight are in the G's favor, and now AF as well.
 

danlindberg

Well-known member
I have a G45 and G90 unused for decades. I'm only guessing but I think they would render nicely for black & white shooting in combination with A7R with their natural contrasty draw.
Marc....indeed, never sell anything :eek:
 

philber

Member
For that price point, you can get some pretty good Olympus glass that also works very well, in almost opposite ways...
 

ZoranC

New member
I don't care about AF adapter for Contax G lenses, I prefer using them with manual one, but for those that are interested in G lenses due to it I must say I am absolutely in love with G90 on my A7R, I find results from it stunning starting from wide open.
 

GrahamWelland

Subscriber & Workshop Member
See, NEVER sell anything!:ROTFL:

I had the entire set of Contax G lenses, including the zoom, all in black. The 45 is the stand-out lens, and the 35 is bit harder to find, if I recall correctly.

- Marc
:thumbs: ditto. I had the full set in black too, although the 16mm was silver. Did they ever do a black version? Also all the hoods and two black G2 bodies.

Great system. I should never ever have sold them :facesmack:
 
I had the standard trinity in black - sold the 28mm and 45mm, kept the 90mm. The 28 isn't spectacular on the A7(r) so I went with the M-Rokkor 28mm. The 45mm is nice but again, the M-Rokkor 40mm is smaller, has more character and I prefer the tab focusing.

If I could do it again, knowing the Techart adapter would keep improving I might have held onto the 45mm.
 

Ocean

Senior Subscriber Member
The G28 works well on my NEX 5N for me but has problems in the edge/corner areas with A7/r. I still have a fully functioned Contax G2 film camera so I will keep my G21/28/35/45/90 lenses.
 

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
Well I have seen the 90 mm on eBay for a pretty low cost. Might just be fun to have. Usually those focal lengths can be big and to get smaller that calls up Leica M glass which can be pretty costly. This looks very nice indeed plus you get AF which given the long focal length might be nice to have on board.
 
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