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I purchased my Contax T3 after falling in love with the unique look on the images. Every T3 image I had seen was rich, sharp and wonderfully saturated. A lot of information about the T3 exists on the internet, so I won't rehash it here.
Suffice it to say that it was the last of the Contax luxury cameras, made in the early 2000's, with a titanium body and synthetic sapphire viewfinder windows and shutter button.
The bokeh is absolutely fantastic, with a really soft, creamy feel.
The camera itself is very compact and quite light, smaller that today's cameras like the Leica X1, GXR with 28mm module, or the Sigma DP1 or DP2. The body of the camera is about the same size as the DP1 body minus the lens cylinder.
The lens is the gem in the crown of this camera - a Zeiss Sonnar 35mm f2.8. It was designed to have little vignetting, and is very sharp and contrasty.
I love this camera, although for a while I haven't been shooting with it. I've got a renewed interest in the look of film, so I will be shooting a lot of back-to-backs with the GXR and M9 with the intention of emulating the look of the T3.
Suffice it to say that it was the last of the Contax luxury cameras, made in the early 2000's, with a titanium body and synthetic sapphire viewfinder windows and shutter button.
The bokeh is absolutely fantastic, with a really soft, creamy feel.
The camera itself is very compact and quite light, smaller that today's cameras like the Leica X1, GXR with 28mm module, or the Sigma DP1 or DP2. The body of the camera is about the same size as the DP1 body minus the lens cylinder.
The lens is the gem in the crown of this camera - a Zeiss Sonnar 35mm f2.8. It was designed to have little vignetting, and is very sharp and contrasty.
I love this camera, although for a while I haven't been shooting with it. I've got a renewed interest in the look of film, so I will be shooting a lot of back-to-backs with the GXR and M9 with the intention of emulating the look of the T3.