Mar 28, 2023 · In the Contax model range, the most professional and most expensive body would always have a name beginning with RTS. In 1982 the original RTS was replaced by the Contax RTS II . In 1991 the RTS II was replaced by the Contax RTS III .

The Contax RTS (1975) was a premium quality SLR camera produced by Yashica under licence from Carl Zeiss who produced all the very high quality optics. The first RTS (short for "Real Time System") was designed by Prof. Dr. Katsuiko Sugaya, styled by the Porsche Design studio, and manufactured by Yashica as Top Secret Project 130 . [ 1 ]

Aug 10, 2020 · The Contax RTS is a manual focus, aperture priority and full manual exposure SLR. The first thing that stuck me about it is how it feels every bit a Contax camera. If you’ve ever held a Contax from, I dunno, the 70s-90s, you might know what I’m talking about.

The new series of modern Contax SLRs, with the debut of the original Contax RTS 25 years ago, was supplemented by a series of fine, carefully spec midrange Contax SLR models, where they eventually recognized as veritable tour-de-force of innovative technology, integrating exclusive, advanced electronics with the supreme mechanical precision and ...

May 28, 2022 · The RTS II was Contax’s flagship professional SLR from 1982 until the introduction of the RTS III in 1990. With pretty much everything you would want in a manual-focus SLR and with a professionally-bright viewfinder, it is …

Contax RTS is an SLR 35mm film camera, manufactured by Yashica and introduced in 1975. In the early 1970s, production of Zeiss Ikon cameras had ceased but the desire to build a high-quality system using Zeiss lenses remained.

Feb 28, 2023 · In 1982, Contax revised the formula of the original RTS, and created the RTS II. While RTS II retained the appearance of its predecessor, many regard this as a totally different camera. Many important changes were made. Some of this camera's key features and improvements over the RTS include: Quartz Timing

Dec 27, 2024 · Contax RTS (1974) The RTS featured an electronically controlled, horizontal cloth focal-plane shutter with speeds of 1 - 1/2000 sec. plus B, interchangeable focus screens. The camera was designed to be compatible with several professional accessories including power winders, professional motor drives, and both infrared and radio-controlled ...

Dec 4, 2023 · The Contax RTS II is a classic 35mm SLR camera known for its robust build and high-quality optics. It features a quartz-timed electronic focal plane shutter, manual and aperture-priority exposure modes, and compatibility with an array of Carl Zeiss lenses.

Dec 27, 2024 · The Contax RTS II is fitted with a quartz-timed electronically-controlled horizontal-travel focal-plane shutter with a speed range from 16 seconds to 1/2000 second, a manual mechanical speed of 1/50 second, and a B(ulb) mode. The flash sync speed is 1/60 second.