• Contax TiX
  
• Sonar 2.8 lens
  
• Original Manual
• 3 Rolls Fuji 200 Color (25 exposures)
• 1 Roll Kodak 200 Color (40 exposures)
  

Name; Contax Tix, silver

Manufactured by; Kyocera Corporation, Japan.

Date of manufacture; ca1997, made in Japan.

Price; originally around $999 new

Box contents; Plush presentation case, wrist strap, instruction manual

Weight; camera only, 8.0oz (225g).

Dimensions;  4.0″ (100.5mm) wide, 2.4″ (60.5mm) tall, and 1.3″ (33mm) deep

Focal length; 28mm

Aperture;  F/2.8-F/16 automatically set in ‘P’ mode, or manually set by turning the front ring around the lens

ISO; 25-10,000 automatically set in 1/3 stops

Focusing distance; 14″ (.35m) to infinity.  You can’t manually focus the lens, except in ‘landscape’ mode, which sets the focus to infinity

Approximate resolution; good film will make very sharp 8×10″ prints in all modes

Lens; 28mm F/2.8 Carl Zeiss T* Six element in four group Sonnar design

Viewfinder; pretty bright with info along the bottom.  The changes in aspect ratio for C, H and P only moves the guide lines, not the viewfinder coverage.  Reverse galileo type, externally illuminated bright-frame viewfinder with automatic LED illumination under low-light conditions.  Focusing frame; close-up parallax correction frame; picture area frame, (switchable in accordance with selected C, H, P aspect ratio); focus indicator, exposure compensation indicator; flash indicator, program display.  Magnification 0.5x and print coverage field of view, 85%

Shutter and speed; double “between type” shutter, 15 seconds and 1/1000 sec, automatically set; and only 1/500s at F/2.8

Features; Fill flash, Red eye reduction, slow sync, auto, and flash off options.  Mid-roll rewind only, there is no mid-roll change option.  Ten second self timer. Date imprinting option

Film;  30.2×16.7mm native picture size, IX240 APS leaderless thrust cartridge film available in 15, 25, or 40 exposures

Flash; recharge in about 3 seconds, range of about 6.9′ (2.1m) with ISO 100 speed film.  Operates at 1/60s in auto flash mode.

Magnetic data recording; basic information: date; time; C-H-P print aspect ratio, Print quality improvement Information (PQI): exposure information: f stop; shutter speed; exposure compensation value, title recording: selectable from a total of 54 titles (9 title items in 6 languages).

Power; CR2 3V lithium.  Manual states the battery will last for 20 rolls of 25 exposure film.

Good features; shutter speed indicator, spot focusing mode and infinity focus lock.  Exposure compensation is the most important feature on any APS camera because you’ll be using expired film, which requires about two extra stops of light as opposed to fresh film.  The Contax Tix can go up to +2.0 in continuous mode, or +1.5 in single.