The Contax G1 is an interesting camera. I bought one years ago and tried very hard to like it. I knew what I really lusted for was a Leica M, but the Contax was much more affordable, solid feel, had auto focus, decent built in meter and auto exposure. We just didn’t get along and after a couple of years I sold the kit and got back into old ltm and Contax (Kiev, IIa) rangefinders. I want full manual control and I had to wrestle it from the G1. I finally ended up with an M2 that I really enjoy using. I have to say though, the journey getting there was fun.