While there is an electronic connection between camera and lens to transmit data, the lenses have no AF motor and no means to adjust focus on the lens itself both autofocus and manual focus are driven by a motor in the camera through a mechanical 'screwdriver' coupling. The viewfinder uses molded aspherical lens elements to reduce size. The in-body finder shows 90% of the captured frame at 0.59× magnification when the 'normal' 45 mm lens is used. The viewfinder covers the field of view for lenses of focal lengths between 28 and 90 mm through an optical zoom, and automatically compensates for parallax error and field when focusing closer. However, the AF mechanism in the G-series does indeed use a twin-window system much like that of the older mechanical rangefinders - only in electronic form. Ĭritics were quick to accuse the G1 of not being a 'true' (mechanical) rangefinder, since it used autofocus and electronically linked mechanisms. The Contax G2 listed for US$2,250 (equivalent to $3,500 in 2020) with the 45 mm Planar lens in 1999. The 45 mm Planar was listed separately at US$420 (equivalent to $710 in 2020). When tested in 1995, the Contax G1 cost US$2,210 (equivalent to $3,800 in 2020) with the 45 mm Planar lens the 28 mm Biogon and 90 mm Sonnar lenses were each US$660 (equivalent to $1,120 in 2020), and the list price for the 16 mm Hologon was US$3,000 (equivalent to $5,100 in 2020). The two G-series cameras have titanium-clad bodies and use the Contax G-mount, an electronic autofocus mount.

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