Metabones® Introduces Contax 645 Smart Adapter™ for Sony E and Fujifilm G-mount

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Vancouver, Canada, January 13, 2023 - Owners of legendary Carl Zeiss optics in Contax 645 Mount now have a trusted migration path to mirrorless cameras with Metabones® Contax 645 to Fujifilm GFX Smart Adapter and Metabones Contax 645 to Sony E-Mount Smart Adapter.

Get the ergonomic experience of the original Contax 645 camera by using the lens' own aperture ring in aperture priority and manual exposure modes. Fully automatic exposure and shutter priority are also available. A customizable button on the E-Mount variant can be assigned to more than 50 different functions on many Sony cameras, including depth-of-field preview. A tripod foot compatible with Arca-Swiss-style quick release is included.

Metabones has a proven track record of firmware stability and timely firmware support. Firmware is user-upgradable via the Smart Adapters^TM micro USB ports.

All Metabones Smart Adapters relay distance information from the lens to the camera body to enable 5-axis in-body image stabilization (IBIS). The Contax 645 Makro-Planar 4/120 lens does not report distance information and supports only 3-axis in-body image stabilization.

When Contax 645 was launched in 1999 it was the most technologically advanced medium format camera at the time, and the first interchangeable lens medium format system with autofocus motors built into the lenses. These legendary Carl Zeiss lenses are now leveraging the latest and greatest mirrorless camera features and poised to benefit from further technological advances in the future.

 

• Supported Lenses

The following Contax 645 lenses are supported and tested:

Vario-Sonnar T* 4,5/45-90

Distagon T* 3,5/35

Distagon T* 2,8/45

Distagon T* 3,5/55

Planar T* 2/80

Apo-Makro-Planar T* 4/120

Sonnar T* 2,8/140

Sonnar T* 4/210

Apo-Teletessar T* 4/350

Mutar 1.4x T*

 

• Camera Requirement

A camera which supports phase-detection autofocus (PDAF) is required for better AF accuracy.

 

• Availability

Metabones® Contax 645 to Fujifilm GFX Smart Adapter and Contax 645 to Sony E-Mount Smart Adapter will be available on January 18, 2023(the 11th anniversary of Metabones' first Smart Adapter) for USD439 and USD399 respectively plus applicable taxes, duties, and shipping, from Metabones' web store as well as Metabones' worldwide network of resellers.

 

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Disclaimer: Metabones is not endorsed or licensed by Contax, Fujifilm, or Sony. Metabones does not have specifications of the mounts, interfaces, or communication protocols, which may negatively impact compatibility now or in the future. All trademarks and registered trademarks belong to their respective owners.

 

 

 

About Metabones

Metabones®, together with its allied partners Caldwell Photographic and WB Design, is the pioneer and leader of two key technologies which have catalyzed the transition from mirror to mirrorless. Speed Booster® (winner of the 2013 TIPA Best Photo Accessory Award) makes lenses brighter, wider and sharper, and Smart Adapter™ breaks the lens mount compatibility barrier by electronically integrating interchangeable single-lens reflex (SLR) lenses and mirrorless cameras. Metabones® offers a comprehensive range of adapters covering the most popular lens mounts, as well as some rare and exotic ones. "Always at the forefront of innovation without ever setting aside practicality as a professional tool" perhaps best epitomizes Metabones' philosophy.