Contax/Yashica

35mm SLR system • Discontinued

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Overview

Created through the combination of Porsche design skills, Yashica electronics technology and Carl Zeiss precision optics, the Contax Real Time System (RTS) was the result of a rare combination of talents. Real Time photography was a concept created to meet the needs of the working professional and advanced amateur as well. For overview of various models of Contax cameras, please refer to the History of Contax.

The Zeiss interchangeable lenses with Contax/Yashica mount covered the focal length range from 15 to 1000mm, all providing extra-high speed for most convenient application even in adverse light situations. All these lenses offered to the photographer the traditional Zeiss quality and performance standards. The latest developments were incorporated, including the Zeiss T* multi-layer anti-reflection coating, the use of aspherics and floating lens elements. Zeiss T* lenses were striking examples of the complete balancing of optical factors such as resolution and contrast, uniform illumination across the entire image field, high light transmission, freedom from distortion and optimum color correction. Image quality was also superb at all apertures.

Yashica lenses featured advanced design devised through application of the most up-to-date know-how in the field of optics combined with the most sophisticated computer programming. Coupled with their original superb performance, all excepting the reflex and DSB lenses featured multi-layer anti-reflection coating which eliminated harmful reflections and assured maximum light transmission.

Yashica MC was a line of lenses compatible with Yashica Multi Program series cameras. MC means "meter-coupled", and not "multi-coated". Nevertheless, these MC lenses were also multi-coated.

YUS (stands for Yashica US) was a budget line of single-coated Yashica lenses that was sold only in the North American market and consisted of only three models: 28/2.8 (⌀52, ⌀55 and ⌀58), 135/2.8 (⌀55 I, ⌀55 II and ⌀58) and 75-150/3.9.

Camera list

35mm film SLR cameras with the Contax/Yashica mount (29):

Contax/Yashica mount lens list

Full list (109)

Fisheye lenses
Yashica ML 15mm F/2.8 Fish-eye		1976 ●
Carl Zeiss F-Distagon T* 16mm F/2.8 [AE]		1975 ●
Ultra-wide angle prime lenses
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 15mm F/3.5 [AE]	Pro	1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 18mm F/4 [AE, MM] • A70	Pro	1975 ●
Yashica ML 20mm F/3.3 • ⌀72	Pro	●
Yashica ML 21mm F/3.5 • ⌀72	Pro	1976 ●
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 21mm F/2.8 [MM] • E82	Pro	1992 ●
Wide-angle prime lenses
Yashica DSB 24mm F/2.8 • ⌀52		●
Yashica ML 24mm F/2.8 • ⌀62		1976 ●
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 25mm F/2.8 [AE, MM] • E55		1975 ●
Yashica DSB 28mm F/2.8 (YUS Automatic Type 1) • ⌀52		●
Yashica ML 28mm F/2.8 [II] • ⌀52		●
Yashica ML 28mm F/2.8 c • ⌀49		●
YUS Automatic 28mm F/2.8 Type 2 • ⌀55		●
YUS Automatic 28mm F/2.8 Type 3 • ⌀58		●
Yashica ML 28mm F/2.8 [I] • ⌀52		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 28mm F/2.8 [AE, MM] • E55		1979 ●
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 28mm F/2 [AE] • E55		1975 ●
Yashica ML 35mm F/2.8 [II] • ⌀52		●
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm F/2.8 [AE, MM] • E55		1975 ●
Yashica ML 35mm F/2.8 [I] • ⌀52		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm F/1.4 [AE, MM] • E67		1975 ●
Standard prime lenses
Carl Zeiss Tessar T* 45mm F/2.8 [AE, MM] • E49 • Pancake lens		1982 ●
Yashica ML 50mm F/2 • ⌀52		1981 ●
Yashica DSB 50mm F/1.9 • ⌀52		●
Yashica ML 50mm F/1.9 • ⌀52		1985 ●
Yashica ML 50mm F/1.9 c • ⌀49		1989 ●
Yashica ML 50mm F/1.7 • ⌀52		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F/1.7 [AE, MM] • E55		1979 ●
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 [AE, MM] • E55		1975 ●
Yashica ML 50mm F/1.4 • ⌀52		1975 ●
Yashica DSB 55mm F/2 • ⌀52		●
Yashica ML 55mm F/1.2 • ⌀55		1976 ●
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 55mm F/1.2 “Planar 100 Jahre” [MM] (1000 units) • E77		1997 ●
Short telephoto prime lenses
Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 85mm F/2.8 [AE, MM] • E55		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm F/1.4 [AE, MM] • E67		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm F/1.2 “CONTAX 50 Years” [AE] • E77		1982 ●
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm F/1.2 “CONTAX 60 Years” [MM] • E77		1992 ●
Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 100mm F/3.5 [AE, MM] • E55		1982 ●
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 100mm F/2 [AE, MM] • E67		1980 ●
Medium telephoto prime lenses
Yashica ML 135mm F/2.8 C • ⌀52		●
Yashica DSB 135mm F/2.8 (YUS Automatic Type 1) • ⌀55		●
YUS Automatic 135mm F/2.8 Type 2 • ⌀55		●
YUS Automatic 135mm F/2.8 Type 3 • ⌀58		●
Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F/2.8 [AE, MM] • E55		1975 ●
Yashica ML 135mm F/2.8 • ⌀55		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 135mm F/2 [AE, MM] • E72		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 180mm F/2.8 [I] [AE] • E72		1979 ●
Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 180mm F/2.8 [II] [AE, MM] • E72		1982 ●
Yashica ML 200mm F/4 C • ⌀58		●
Yashica ML 200mm F/4 • ⌀55		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar T* 200mm F/4 [AE, MM] • E55		1982 ●
Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar T* 200mm F/3.5 [AE] • E67		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Aposonnar T* 200mm F/2 [MM] • E111	Pro	1992 ●
Super telephoto prime lenses
Yashica ML 300mm F/5.6 C • ⌀58	Pro	●
Yashica ML 300mm F/5.6 • ⌀58	Pro	1976 ●
Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar T* 300mm F/4 [I] [AE] • E82	Pro	1979 ●
Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar T* 300mm F/4 [II] [AE, MM] • E82	Pro	1982 ●
Carl Zeiss Tele-Apotessar T* 300mm F/2.8 [AE]	Pro	1982 ●
Yashica Reflex 500mm F/8		1975 ●
Yashica ML Reflex 500mm F/8		1982 ●
Carl Zeiss Mirotar T* 500mm F/8 • E82		1997 ●
Carl Zeiss Tele-Apotessar T* 500mm F/5.6 [AE]	Pro	1984 ●
Carl Zeiss Tele-Apotessar T* 800mm F/8 [AE]	Pro	1984 ●
Yashica Reflex 1000mm F/11		1975 ●
Macro lenses
Yashica ML 55mm F/4 Macro • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.25m		1976 ●
Yashica ML 55mm F/2.8 Macro • ⌀52 • 1:2 @ 0.25m		1979 ●
Carl Zeiss (S-Planar) Makro-Planar T* 60mm F/2.8 [AE] • E67 • 1:1 @ 0.27m		1975 ●
Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 60mm F/2.8 C [MM] • E55 • 1:2 @ 0.27m		1992 ●
Yashica ML Bellows 100mm F/4 • ⌀52 • For bellows	Pro	1976 ●
Carl Zeiss S-Planar T* 100mm F/4 [AE] • E55 • For bellows	Pro	1978 ●
Yashica ML 100mm F/3.5 Macro • ⌀55 • 1:2 @ 0.44m	Pro	1979 ●
Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 100mm F/2.8 [AE] • E67 • 1:1 @ 0.45m	Pro	1984 ●
Shift lenses
Carl Zeiss PC-Distagon T* 35mm F/2.8 [AE] • A70	Pro	1981 ●
Standard zoom lenses
Yashica ML 28-50mm F/3.5 • ⌀72		1979 ●
Yashica MC 28-70mm F/3.5-4.8 • ⌀52 • Push/pull		●
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-70mm F/3.5-4.5 [MM] • E67		1998 ●
Yashica MC 28-80mm F/3.9-4.9 • ⌀58 • Push/pull		1991 ●
Yashica DSB 28-80mm F/3.8-4.8 • ⌀67		●
Yashica ML 28-85mm F/3.5-4.5 • ⌀67 • Push/pull		1984 ●
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-85mm F/3.3-4 [MM] • E82 • Push/pull		1988 ●
Yashica ML 35-70mm F/4 • ⌀55		1983 ●
Yashica ML 35-70mm F/3.5-4.8 • ⌀52		●
Yashica MC 35-70mm F/3.5-4.5 • ⌀52 • Push/pull		1988 ●
Yashica ML 35-70mm F/3.5 • ⌀62 • Push/pull		1980 ●
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 35-70mm F/3.4 [MM] • E67 • Push/pull		1984 ●
Yashica DSB 35-105mm F/3.8-4.8 • ⌀55 • Push/pull		●
Yashica ML 35-105mm F/3.5-4.5 • ⌀55 • Push/pull		1982 ●
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 35-135mm F/3.3-4.5 [MM] • E82 • Push/pull		1992 ●
Yashica DSB 38-90mm F/3.5 • ⌀67		●
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 40-80mm F/3.5 [AE] • E55 • Push/pull		1975 ●
Yashica ML 42-75mm F/3.5-4.5 • ⌀55 • Push/pull		1980 ●
Telephoto zoom lenses
Yashica DSB 70-180mm F/4.5 • ⌀52 • Push/pull		●
Yashica ML 70-210mm F/4.5-5.6 Macro • ⌀52 • Push/pull		●
Yashica MC 70-210mm F/4.5-5.6 Macro • ⌀52 • Push/pull		●
Yashica ML 70-210mm F/4.5 • ⌀55 • Push/pull		1984 ●
Yashica DSB 70-210mm F/4 • ⌀58		●
Yashica ML 70-210mm F/4 • ⌀62 • Push/pull		1977 ●
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 70-210mm F/3.5 [AE] • E67 • Push/pull		1980 ●
Yashica ML 75-150mm F/4 • ⌀52 • Push/pull		1983 ●
Yashica DSB 75-150mm F/3.9 (YUS Automatic) • ⌀58 • Push/pull		●
Yashica DSB 75-200mm F/4.5 Macro • ⌀55		●
Yashica MC 75-200mm F/4.5 Macro • ⌀55 • Push/pull		1989 ●
Yashica ML 80-200mm F/4 [I] • ⌀62 • Push/pull		●
Yashica ML 80-200mm F/4 [II] • ⌀55 • Push/pull		●
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 80-200mm F/4 [MM] • E55 • Push/pull		1984 ●
Yashica ML 100-300mm F/5.6 • ⌀58 • Push/pull		1983 ●
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 100-300mm F/4.5-5.6 [MM] • E67 • Push/pull		1994 ●
Superzoom lenses
Yashica ML 28-210mm F/3.5-5.6 Macro • ⌀72 • Push/pull		●

Teleconverter list

Carl Zeiss Mutar T* 1.4X III (AE) - 1997
Carl Zeiss Mutar T* 2X I (AE) - 1984
Carl Zeiss Mutar T* 2X II (AE) - 1984

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