CONTAX TVS contax Lens mount: Contax / Yashica

Lens mount: Contax / Yashica (C/Y)

earning it a kind of cult status among both amateurs and professionals

Its in-built metering system is held in very high regard by professionals and enthusiasts alike

and not be too concerned about it

and while they were designed primarily for the consumer market

CONTAX TVS contax Lens mount: Contax / YashicaThe Contax TVS was first released in 1994 as a premium compact zoom camera, utilising a titanium body which offered a significantly elevated look and feel to many other cameras of the time. Its titanium body wasnt actually a Contax concept but rather came from the desk of Ferdinand Porsche, designer of the Porsche 911, via his newly founded Porsche Design Group venture. The collaboration between the two manufacturers began around 1972 with a top