Specifications
- Type
- SLR camera
- Production
- 1953–1958
- Film
- 35 mm
- Frame size
- 24 × 36 mm
- Lens
- Tessar 45 mm f/2.8
- Shutter
- Leaf shutter, mechanical
- Shutter speeds
- 1 s – 1/500 s, B
- Flash sync
- 1/500 s
- Metering
- none
- Focusing
- focusing screen
Good to know
No battery required: the camera works without one. [3]
Once you’ve fired the shutter, the viewfinder image only comes back when you advance the film and cock the shutter. [1]
To help you focus, the viewfinder has a split-image spot and a ground-glass ring. [1]
Sources
- Zeiss Ikon: Contaflex Gebrauchsanleitung, frühes Modell mit Tessar 45 mm
- Contaflex SLR: Contaflex I and II
- The Camera Collector: Zeiss Contaflex
Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know
