On 16 Apr 2001, at 13:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> One or two Contax SLRs apply a vacuum to the film to hold it as flat as
> possible. Leitz found this necessary because existing film plane flattening
> techniques, they claimed, were inadequate to allow the full resolving power
> of Leitz/Contax lenses.
These being the Contax RTSIII (which now has a legacy lens mount) and the
new Contax 645 SLR when fitted with the vacuum back for 220 film (it is not
possible to vacuum 120 film to the pressure plate since the film has
protective backing paper). Both were designed entirely by Kyocera, Zeiss
only has design control over the Contax lens range.
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
Fax +61-2-9554-9259
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