They both provide superlative image quality, and have their own unique drawbacks with each other and SLRs, Therefore, it’s like comparing apples to monkeys. The simple truth: Leica M and Contax G cameras are different beasts. But be aware all autofocus cameras have batteries! Do you know that lithium batteries last for years and lose a barely measurable amount of energy? Are a few spare batteries so huge a weight/encumbrance in someone’s bag? This is why I’ve always discounted the purely mechanical crowd.
As with all non purely mechanical cameras, it’s no big deal to me.
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Vintage Manual Contax Image © Alexander Andrews But, I spent a few days in truly understanding the way the camera works. I’ve taken tons of shots with it, and never had a focus problem, in any condition. The myth that the Sonnar 90 requires much skill to achieve consistent autofocus is simply not so. These are both very common mistakes, and you will be disappointed by this camera if you do so. The greatest mistake one could make consists in trying to use the focus system of the Gs as if it were a mechanical RF or an autofocus SLR. The G’s manual focus is something you must practice and get used to, as you have to with the Leica RF under varying conditions. One camera is a manual focus only cam, and one is an AF and manual focus.The manual focus issue first. Guys, I’m not trying to talk you out of rangefinder cameras,…just explaining the limitations. That’s why Zeiss doesn’t produce any fast lens for the G system, but produces very fast prime lenses for their SLRs. An RF camera is not the proper tool for shooting macro, long tele or tilt & shift lenses, nor are they the tool for tight DOF.
The G system was designed in the 90’s, in the very middle of the SLR reign. The M system was designed in the 50’s, when it was the only serious choice for any serious photographer in that film format. The point being, rangefinder cameras are not for everyone. But 99% of his work is with a Leica R, (SLR), not an M. Why he didn’t use Cartier-Bresson as an example, I don’t know. Somebody was arguing with me that the great Salgado uses a Leica. Neither a Leica M nor a Contax G is for everyone. Is a Leica a great, (maybe the greatest), camera of all time? Well, it’s up there. It’s just to prevent people, especially fanboys, from getting all starry eyed. This is not a cut down of Zeiss or Leitz. But all manufacturers have their stars and their failures. Truth be told, even Leica makes mediocre lenses, like the Tri-Elmar zoom. (check Photodo website) Most Leica lenses are copies of expired patents by Rudolph and Bertele for Zeiss. Lots of MTF graphs (which I do not consider that significant, but are the only science based method to measure a lens), prove that the Zeiss lenses beat, or equal, the Leitz ones. I could even prove that each G lens beats its Leica counterpart by a large margin. I will say, they do have a magical quality, and yes, that quality blows away your Tokina/Sigma/etc., zoom But, I could claim the same for the Contax Zeiss lenses.
Leica lenses are great, but are Leica’s lenses the finest in the world of 35mm? Well, that’s very subjective. And Leica vs Contax is not actually a real battle. So, don’t write me, and tell me your camera is king, and my opinion sucks.
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I also have never cared about using a Windows vs Mac. Leica vs Contax? First off, let me confess that I do have a Contax Gcamera,….however, I have owned both the cameras, and I’ve never been a fetish camera owner. Leica Vs Contax Juergen Teller with his Contax G2
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