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A few years ago I was given an old camera which my father bought while in Germany. It came in a leather case which has "Zeiss Ikon AG" embossed on it. The camera itself says "Zeiss Ikon" and the lens says "Contaflex Synchro-Compur" on it. Anyone familiar with this camera and how to use it, esp. if you're in the Southern California area? It's been sitting in my closet for some time now and I'd like to dust it off and use it (not even sure if it works), but don't know how. Thanks in advance for any advice/info -- as you can tell, I'm a (camera) newbie.
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It must be some thirty five years old, or so. If memory doesn´t betray me, it was a small, heavy, with rounded borders, single lens reflex camera (35 mm),equipped with a Tessar lens (by Zeiss), with a Synchro Compur shutter, and mirror stayed blocked up after shooting, coming back to viewing position when film was advanced. There were several versions of this camera, and they used to be fitted with a Tessar lens (Zeiss). The Super series had semi-interchangeable lenses, named Pro-Tessar, 35 mm., 50 mm., and 85, or maybe 90 mm. Being semi-interchangeable means you only changed the front elements, while the rear part of the lens, with shutter, always stayed in the camera body. These cameras had no lightmeter, but the Super BC series used a selenium one in the front part, over the lens.Tessar lenses are high contrast, and pretty sharp. Planar lenses are much better, but these ones were used in the Contarex.
Try to see if it works, what wouldn´t surprise me, if it has been kept in a safe, dry place.
BF
I have a 1950 Zeiss Ikon and they are fine old cameras. The ones I've seen all use 120 roll film (2 1/4 square medium format). You'll have to go to a real camera shop to buy film and maybe use a pro lab. 120 film is mainly used by pros because the large negative allows huge enlargements.They take some getting used to (ALL MANUAL!) so you should do some studying first. You might try this link:
http://people.smu.edu/rmonagha/mf/cameras.html
Aloha, Gochugogi
Or so I think, and you're out of my league on this one.You might try Bob (Robert) Monaghan's web site. No, I don't have the URL here at home, sorry.
JJ
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