Kyocera Archives

September 30, 2020

Contax’s Last Hurrah – My Journey with the Contax N1

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The Contax N1 was the final professional-level 35mm film camera to ever bear the Contax name. Here’s our review.

Eric Charles Jones
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July 15, 2020

I Understand Why the Yashica Samurai Failed

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It’s 1987. Kyocera designers ask one simple question. “Can we fit a camera inside a taco shell?” And the Yashica Samurai was born.

Connor Brustofski
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