Contax Tvs III Point and Shoot
Contax Tvs III Point and Shoot
USER REVIEWS
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[Dec 09, 2000]
Ronald Blachly
Intermediate
Strength:
Really sharp, contrasty lens. User-customizable functions. Selectable apertures. Manual focus.
Weakness:
Some distortion at wide (30mm) - watch vertical lines near edges. Very impressive, if expensive, camera. The over- or under-exposure settings, selectable apertures, and custom function (e.g., film leader left out of cartridge on rewind, flash-off default) are useful. The best thing is the extremely sharp and contrasty lens. In a direct comparison with a 35mm Summicron it was only very minimally less contrasty and just as sharp. Very nice small all-you-need travel camera. Customer Service Not used. Similar Products Used: Ricoh GR-1s, Yashica T5, Olympus Stylus, Olympus XA. |
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[Jan 15, 2001]
Hugo Krantz
Intermediate
Strength:
Has an attractive and sturdy body. Zoom is reasonably sharp. Delightful handling.
Weakness:
Zoom is pretty slow. Price is too high. There are much better alternatives. After shooting casual travel pictures with this Contax for 6 months, I came to the conclusion that this camera would have been a truly great travel P&S if only it had been bestowed with a sharper and faster zoom. In direct comparison with the Elmar on the Leica Minilux, the Zeiss optics (made in Japan) deliver slightly less contrasty image with less saturated color. For this reason alone, the Leica Minilux deserves to be the crown jewel in the high-end 35 mm P&S market. Customer Service Very good. Similar Products Used: Leica Minilux Zoom |
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[Mar 30, 2001]
Alex Ng
Intermediate
Strength:
Good looks, very contrasty lens, two types of straps supplied, diopter, custom functions
Weakness:
Lens vignettes like hell at 30mm even at F8. Distorion not bearable at 30 and 60mm (consider the cost). Lens flap very clumsy to operate. Zooming mechanism not fine enough. Built in flash too weak, and recharges very slowly. Viwefinder too small. Too much shutter lag. TVS III is quite a disappointment. Certainly not an upgrade from the TVSII. Contrast slightly improved but now the lens distorts and vignettes like hell. Zooming mechanism I prefer manual instead of motorised, fansy but clumsy to use. Good thing is size is smaller than the TVS or TVSII. Flash output is weak and when combined with the level of vignetting from the lens and the inablility to use optional flash, simply appaling. Too many flaws too be the king of point and shoot. Just tried the new T3, shutter lag problem improved and much better viewfinder. Too early to judge the optical quality though. Customer Service None required Similar Products Used: TVS, TVS II, GR 1, TC-1, T3 |