25 April, 2025
Contax G1 – A thing of Beauty…
Back in 1932, following on from Leitz’s success with the Leica, Carl Zeiss introduced a competing interchangeable lens rangefinder: this was the Contax. Unlike the Leica, ...
22 November, 2023
5 Frames with RETO Amber 800T, Contax G1 and 28mm f/2.8
I was looking for color film stocks I had not tried before at my local camera shop and purchased a couple of rolls of RETO film. I had never heard of the company. I usually look...
“I loved owning one for two weeks until every photo came back out of focus.” This was a comment from a popular YouTuber under another popular YouTuber’s review of the Contax G1 ...
21 April, 2019
5 Frames with a Contax G1 – by Mitchel Gordon Brauns
The Contax G1 is the best point & shoot camera! Okay, so technically it’s not a point & shoot per se, it’s more like a rangefinder camera. Though, even then it’s not your typica...
10 September, 2018
Green Man Festival 2018 on Ten Rolls of Film, a Leica M4, and a Contax G1 – by Simon King
Recently I photographed an assignment which represents a personal milestone in my film photography story. It was the first time I had ever left London with nothing besides film ...
11 April, 2018
5 Frames with a Contax G1 – by Carlos Albisu
There are families and families. Some can be kind of normal, others can be kind of ¨interesting¨. This is the case with my wife's family. For sure they are not extraordinary, bu...