Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super (1959-1962)

Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super (1959)

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This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

This is a Zeiss-Ikon Contaflex Super, a 35mm Single Lens Reflex leaf shutter camera made by Zeiss-Ikon AG in Stuttgart, West Germany between the years 1959 and 1962.  It was part of the long lived Contaflex series that saw many variations between the original Contaflex I in 1953 all the way to the Contaflex S from about 1970.  The Super, as it’s name implies was a rather high spec version of the camera, featuring a coupled selenium exposure meter with match needle readout in the viewfinder, and a 4-element 50mm Tessar lens with interchangeable front elements.  With the use of Pro-Tessar bayonet mount lenses, the Contaflex had available wide angle and telephoto lenses.

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Specifications

Film Type: 135 (35mm)
Lens: 50mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Tessar coated 4-elements
Lens Mount: Contaflex Bayonet (front element only)
Focus: 2.5 feet to Infinity
Viewfinder: Fixed SLR Pentaprism
Shutter: Synchro-Compur Leaf
Speeds: B, 1 – 1/500 seconds
Exposure Meter: Coupled Selenium Cell w/ viewfinder and top plate match needle
Battery: None
Flash Mount: Coldshoe and M and X Flash Sync
Weight: 850 grams

Source: mikeeckman.com


Model

Engraved X 46064

Reference sites

mikeeckman.com


Manual

English manual


Film


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