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From: gmack@cisden.UUCP (Gregg Mackenzie)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: why are contax mounts cheaper from mail order places?
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Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 01:53:22 EST
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In article <11330@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> phr@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Paul Rubin) writes:
>Is the mount mechanically simpler, or what?  The price differences
>are enough to make me think of recommending low-end Yashicas to
>friends interested in starter SLR's.

I have a resident photog expert here who can answer your question...take
it away Paul:

Contax mounts,like most mounts for 35mm cameras you will most often find
are cheaper by mail order.In many cases, the manufacturer of a specific
lens cannot keep up with orders from retailers for the product.On those
rare occasions when you do locate a retailer with a specific mount, the 
price, due to the rarity of the mount, is quite inflated.

Contax is by nature a hard camera, let alone the mount, to find.The one
factor contributing to this is the prices of specific mounts and access-
ories.With mounts for this and other low profile manufacturers it is usu-
ally recommended that purchase of the item occur through mail order.

As for recommending low-priced Yashicas for people just starting with an
SLR camera, the advice is sound.However take into account that there are
many choices iin the 35mm field of photography that can give you the same
quality images (possibly better) as a Yashica or Contax in the same price
range.

Paul Troncelliti