Originally Posted by
xiaoman1
At one time Yashica and Zeiss had a semi colaberation with one another.....Your camera if it had a Zeiss lens was most likely a Yashica FX-3 and FX-3 Super 2000.
Best, Ben
[Switching on annoying guy on internet mode] Yashica relaunched the defunct Zeiss Contax camera brand in partnership with Zeiss, Germany, including two SLR lines comprising Yashica and Contax bodies, Yashinon and Zeiss lenses. Contax SLR lenses were built by Zeiss in Germany and Japan, the Yashica lenses all in Japan—all bodies and accessories were built in Japan. All were interchangeable and the brands went forward for many years, beginning in the '70s.
The brand was acquired by Kyocera Corporation who kept things going for awhile before dropping the entire photo business in the early days of digital imagery. Some of us are still miffed.
Leica IIIc, Contax III rangefinder cameras
Kyocera-Contax G2 film rangefinder, Olympus Pen F digital MILC
Zeiss Contax/Yashica mount 85/1.4 film lens adapted to modern digital MILC camera. Still good glass, 50 years on.
Have lots of film gear some going back to the 1920s. On the plus side, they take up less room than bikes.
/annoying guy on internet mode