However afer reading some reviews I figured while a cool concept the money would better be spend on the RX or RTS or both.
Hey I like that! 
I understand (not having used them personally) the Japanese made Contaxes and their lenses are indeed, excellent, but I think, in the case of "as Zeiss as it gets", that, my 1936 Dresden-made Contax and its Jena lens would both like a talk with you, actually.the Contax/Yashica system really was a cooperative between Zeiss Germany and Yashica(later Kyocera), the lenses where designed by Zeiss West-Germany with most being made by Kyocera in Japan, some lenses (the 28/2, 15/3.5, probably more) were built by Zeiss in Germany.
As 'Zeiss' as it gets, or are Leica lenses in Canada also "Leica" ? I think there is a Noctilux somewhere that wants a talk with you in that case.
Very different situation to Voightlander, which only existed as a name owned by a german distributor. Cosina aquired a license to use it in the late 90s but it has otherwise nothing to do with the old german company, the lenses are still awesome however
Here is a another option for you convert one of your cameras to use adapted lenses using a adapter and get old vintage glass that is cheap..IE M42 screw mount Takumars, yashicas, chinon lenses. Be wary though old vintage takumars have thorium in the lenses that will taint it yellow so you would have to put it in direct sunlight for a few days to clear up the glass again from the UV.
I don't mean to put down the modern Contax cameras, Yashica/Kyocera make excellent products. The Cosina lenses are really quite nice. I guess I never could understand "Branding" I worked for 20 years at Amana Refrigeration in Iowa. We were bought 4 times while I was there. Whirlpool still makes a LOT of product there, the Engineering has all been moved to other sites. Over the years we made product labeled Amana, Maytag, Kitchenaid, Whirlpool, GE, Viking, Dacor, Jenn Air, etc. We bought product from Electrolux and had it branded Amana.I understand (not having used them personally) the Japanese made Contaxes and their lenses are indeed, excellent, but I think, in the case of "as Zeiss as it gets", that, my 1936 Dresden-made Contax and its Jena lens would both like a talk with you, actually.
Jon Voight.
Voigtländer.
Spot the "h".
The 35-70 is one of the best, most versatile lenses in the Contax lineup. I had one for years and it practically lived on the camera, only coming off for shooting extreme wide-angle stuff (I had a Sigma 18-35), longer telephoto and/or low-light (the 80-200 or the 85 1.4). It has terrific macro capability - 1:2.5 or 1:3 IIRC - and will let you do some very nice closeups of flowers and the like. I don't know where the print is that I made from looking straight down into a tulip blossom, shot wide open, but if I can find it I'll frame it and hang it somewhere in the house. It's a 16x20. That lens is that good.
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