Contax SLR Resources FAQ <author><url name="Cees de Groot" url="mailto:cg@cdegroot.com"> <toc>  <sect>Introduction Welcome to the Contax SLR FAQ. This FAQ, a work in progress, is meant to collect knowledge about resources on the World Wide Web that deal with Contax 35mm SLR's. This FAQ is available on the World Wide Web, in several formats: <itemize> <item><url url="http://www.cdegroot.com/photo/contax/contax-slr-faq.html" name="HTML format"> <item><url url="http://www.cdegroot.com/photo/contax/contax-slr-faq.sgml" name="SGML format"> <item><url url="http://www.cdegroot.com/photo/contax/contax-slr-faq.txt" name="plain text"> <item><url url="http://www.cdegroot.com/photo/contax/contax-slr-faq.ps" name="PostScript"> </itemize> If you have any problems, suggestions, or questions, please contact the maintainer, <url url="mailto:cg@cdegroot.com" name="Cees de Groot">. <sect1>Disclaimer, copyright I've done everything in my power and limited time to make sure that the information in this FAQ is correct. However, neither I nor any contributors can be held responsible for the results of acting on this information or for any damages resulting from using the information in this document in any way. Copyright (C)1999 by Cees A. de Groot. This document may be distributed and reproduced without permission provided that it stays intact, including this copyright notice. <sect>General information <label id=resources> <sect1>What info about Contax is available on the Web? Probably more than I'm aware of. Here's a list: <itemize> <item> I'm maintaining a mailing list, the Yashica/Contax SLR list. You can subscribe to the list by sending a mail to <htmlurl url="mailto:majordomo@cdegroot.com" name="majordomo@cdegroot.com"> with in the body the line: <verb> subscribe yashicacontax-slr </verb> <item> I've also dedicated a <url url="http://www.cdegroot.com/photo/contax" name="part of my homepage"> to the topic. Information on the mailing list and the FAQ is over there and more might be added in the future. <item> In January 1999, a competing Contax list was started for some reason. It covers mostly the same topics as the Yashica/Contax SLR list (officially it excludes Yashica, but I think that's an inevitable topic). You can find it at <htmlurl url="http://www.mailinglist.net/contax" name="http://www.mailinglist.net/contax"> <item> On the Usenet, these newsgroups are relevant: <itemize> <item><htmlurl url="news:rec.photo.equipment.35mm" name="rec.photo.equipment.35mm">, about 35mm equipment in general. Lots of this is of course about the big brands, but you'll find something about Contax as well, occasionally. <item><htmlurl url="news:rec.photo.marketplace" name="rec.photo.marketplace">, where buyers and sellers meet. Contax stuff is regularly offered over here. </itemize> <item> Information about the current line of contax SLR products can be found on <url name="Kyocera's Contax Website" url="http://www.contaxcameras.com">. <item> An awful lot of information on photography in general is available from the mother of all photo FAQs, <url name="Guide to rec.photo" url="http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/j/jnweg/html/faq.html">. It is especially important to consult this listing of pointers for information on buying and selling via the newsgroups and by mail-order before plunging into uncertain deals. </itemize> </article>