传闻Contax会出一个接环，将YC镜接在N身上，将会和新的DSLR一起推出。
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呵呵，看来可以买到原厂接环了啊

小俺的观点是,cy口orn口,谁便宜用谁,不都是混血儿吗,还讲究个啥.别砸我,我闪.

坚决上MF的C/Y卡口！！！C/Y卡口！！！
虽然我还没有！！！

Is this true??

Quote from the post below:
"We knew it was necessary to change our MM/AE mount at that time. We could not make a full-frame digital SLR with that mount. It is too small in diameter and the back focal distance is too small, also. Both these features were rectified in the N series products.

Incidentally, this is the reason that neither Canon nor Nikon has produced a full frame digital camera - they cannot without changing their lens mount and back focal distance. "

鼓励CONTAX 用户上N口，俺就等着捡他们的MF吧
反正以后要用AF，单反数码就OK了。

你这个建议真好，假如望远镜有AF，实用性大增，毕竟，望远镜比相机有更强的实用性。

为什么就没厂家想到做AF望远镜呢？

一些人怀疑N卡口的未来，CONTAX技术主管进行回答。可以看出CONTAX肯定要坚持发展N系统的。Y/C卡口也会继续生产的，是因为他们觉得镜头的AF化，还不能在所有镜头上达到Y/C卡口的光学水平。一旦N卡口镜头能在所有焦段上的光学水平达到或超越了Y/C，那Y/C停产的日子就不远了。
下面是英文的原文：
With regard to the statements made below, here are my responses:
"In the event that the N digital does NOT come out within the next 2 months... the entire N-Contax system will cease to exist."
"Kyocera will activate (actually vice versa) a specific contract agreement executed with Carl Zeiss... for another manufacturer to take over the Contax (TM) brand and all associated products..."

These two may be taken together as the same statement repeated. I will deal with them together.

Kyocera AND Carl Zeiss have spent millions of dollars to develop the N System, they will not abandon the N Digital project within this kind of timescale with this large of a financial investment - guaranteed. In fact, we are scheduled to receive finished N Digital cameras this month (March, 2002) for delivery to our Contax dealers.
The N Digital cameras we showed at PMA were engineering pilots; working> cameras. One problem remained at show time and, this, the engineers could not fix on-site. The software/firmware needed a tweak. The same problem plagued all four cameras we had at the show. Incidentally, all four cameras worked, mechanically, throughout the show, and they continue to work mechanically to this day (I currently have one of these cameras in my possession) - It is very unusual for pilot cameras to survive the show. The finished consumer product N Digital is being manufactured on the assembly line as I write this text.
Carl Zeiss and Kyocera did recently conclude a new contract. That contract runs for an unusually long period of time in the photo industry - 8 years. This contract calls for Kyocera to produce more cameras than ever before under the Contax brand. There is no clause, such as quoted here, that takes Contax from Kyocera. That language or intent does not appear in the contract.
"There has been a struggle inside the walls of Kyocera, with a few supporting that the N system should have never been released, while others saying the opposite."

The simple fact is that the MM/AE series had come to the end of its evolutionary cycle. High speed AF could not be integrated into these lenses while retaining optical integrity using the MM/AE mount.

In my opinion, Contax has undertaken three giant steps into the future within the last 9 years (the time span I have been in Contax management). First, the intro of the G Series in 1994, the intro of The Contax 645 in 1999 and the intro of the N Series cameras in 2000.
The beginning of the N cameras began in 1994 with the beginning of development of the Contax 645. This is an extremely long development cycle for Japanese camera manufactures. The common lens idea where three formats share one lens line was the foundation upon which the 645/N system is set. We knew it was necessary to change our MM/AE mount at that time. We could not make a full-frame digital SLR with that mount. It is too small in diameter and the back focal distance is too small, also. Both these features were rectified in the N series products.

Incidentally, this is the reason that neither Canon nor Nikon has produced a full frame digital camera - they cannot without changing their lens mount and back focal distance.
Everyone I know inside Kyocera and Carl Zeiss is committed 100% to the success and evolution of the N Series cameras. They are absolutely vital to our continued success in the photo industry. They are,indeed, the future of Contax.
"If the N digital, does NOT come out, we are looking at the fall of the Kyocera/Contax Empire. Accordingly, it has been said, that the President of Kyocera wishes that The N system go on as scheduled."
The fact is that without the N System we could disappear as a company. The N Digital is an important part of the N System. However, the N Digital will be delivered, it is not going to go away as our competitors would like. Neither Carl Zeiss nor Kyocera will release it before it is ready. We will continue to develop the N System with even more lenses and accessories for our customers.
The writer is correct again in that the chairman of Kyocera, Dr. Inamori, has said directly that Contax will never be discontinued. There is a deep understanding of the heritage beauty and functionality of the Contax camera in his mind.

Contax, today, is in the absolute best position ever offering the premier medium format camera, the Contax 645. This camera was Digital Ready when it came out in 1999. The Mamiya 645 D was introduced as a catch-up model with no new features to leapfrog the Contax. The N Digital is unique. No one else has ever done what we are doing in 35mm. 6.29 MP Philips CCD; tethered or untethered operation; no lens magnification ratio; Carl Zeiss lenses; uses medium format Contax lenses with the NAM-1 Adapter and provides AF; and Hasselblad lenses with the Hasselblad Adapter and NAM-1 Adapter that provide focus confirmation, a feature that Hasselblad cannot, natively, provide.
The N1 is a solid, fast focusing, fully featured 35mm film camera offering all types of in-board metering and exposure modes; five-point AF focusing on the "Rule of Thirds" points; Fine Focus Automatic Bracketing Control; 1/8000 sec top shutter speed and 1/250 sec X sync; and, as above, it can easily mount 645 lenses with the NAM-1 Mount Adapter and the addition of the Hasselblad Adapter adds Hasselblad lenses to our arsenal of optics.

The NX, a new camera body In the N System, offers a fully featured body with a built-in flash and hot shoe TTL, small size, light weight and an affordable price.

The Contax T3, reported by Popular Photography is "the best point and shoot we have tested"

The Contax G2 is the finest, most fully featured Interchangeable lens rangefinder camera ever made. Those that own it attest to its incredible optical powers.

The MM/AE SLR line is still available, including the "best SLR ever made" the Contax RTS III. The MM/AE lens line-up is a group of the finest SLR lenses ever produced. No other company has ever matched the optical prowess of these lenses.
Kyocera Optical, Inc., my employer, and the distribution and marketing company in the US, for Contax, have taken on the additional responsibility of distribution of Carl Zeiss binoculars.
Kyocera Optical, Inc. is the only company in the camera industry that made a yearly profit within the previous 10 years. We actually did it twice.
These are the facts.
Blake Ziegler
CONTAX Technical Director

谢谢kCommander，坚定了俺投入MF的决心

如果本来就是用MF, 那不妨继续选用MF. Contax镜中的表表者还是那堆手动镜头. N系镜头照出来总觉得有点像Nikon----硬, Zeiss味跟手动头地差了很多. 虽然也是用USM, 但对焦速度跟Canon比差了九条街. 而且N1机子上的功能还有很多需要改善的地方.
如果需要AF, 那就是另一回事了.

瞎忙活
     我也觉得是这样，AX一代而终实在遗憾。
     不过contax的两个亲爹kyocera和zeiss都是巨有钱的主，随他们折腾去吧。

DUN8:俺最关心的还是镜头，如果出了新型头，旧头用来做副头吗？

嘿嘿，现在N口镜头的最大问题就是体积过大，重量过重。
    而这两个原因又造成对焦速度不够快，同是USM，contax要比NC都慢，当然这既有镜头的原因也有机身的原因。

    过去的MF头，如果结构不重新设计的话，AF话是很不容易，老的MF头内对焦的很少，多数是镜片整组调焦，加之老镜头不少结构相对“简单“（镜片数量少），而每一片透镜多数又大又厚，简单的AF话，速度可想而知了。

    现在的AF头，结构设计上采用“化整为零“的方法，加大镜片数量，但同时减少移动镜片的重量，数量和体积。
    
    但总的来说，zeiss不是干“偷工减料“的行家，我第一次见到AF sonnar 100/2.8头的时候，还以为是70-300那头，我的老天，换了别家就是120的用的微距头也不过如此吧。

contax的AF是机身驱动还是镜身驱动啊？好象没用USM吧
如果用USM，并且口径小一点，我用AF

现在要是重新来过，肯定是N口的contax。

就这个问题，俺也一直在思想斗争，AF虽好，将来也能上数码，但总感觉CONTAX的AF推出不久，技术未必很成熟，万一上了，一旦又有改进型推出，岂不是等于买了一堆鸡肋！可是不上的话，目前势必要发展MF阵营，投资却又不能太大，因为将来迟早还是会上AF的！矛盾啊，尤其是俺心仪已久的100/2.8，何去何从啊！