Zeiss Contarex Super 35mm camera body. Chrome. AS-IS. Non working light meter.

Description

Carl Zeiss
Contarex
Super
Second Version
35mm slr camera body. Serial #P 54342. Made in Germany. Classic heavy duty Zeiss Contarex full system professional 35mm slr camera body.
Uses Zeiss Contarex interchangeable lenses.
Shutter speeds range is 1/500 to 1 sec., plus B. Working shutter. Smooth film advance.
NOT working CDS light meter
with corrosion
on the battery contact.
.
This Contarex Super is being
sold AS-IS NO Return or Exchange
due to the non working light meter. This nice Contarex Super is in
Ex+ or 8.5 of 10
cosmetic condition.
Nice chrome finish. No  dents. Few minor marks around.
Includes original take up spool,
and a Contarex body cap
.
Don't miss this nice Contarex Super camera body with
not working light meter
.
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The
Contarex
is a 35mm
SLR
camera made by
Zeiss Ikon
. It was first presented at
Photokina
in 1958 and initially scheduled for delivery in the spring of 1959, but it
was not made generally available until March 1960. It is popularly known as the
Contarex I
, the
Bullseye
or the
Cyclops
. The camera was aimed at the high-end
and professional markets; in 1961, the retail price (including the 50mm f/2.0 Planar lens) was 9.
The camera body, weighing 910 g., is complex,
comprising some 1100 parts, with seven principal alloy pressure castings and additional stamped cover plates to complete the structure. However, it is rugged and
roller bearings
are used in the
aperture
mechanism. Inevitably it requires a specialist for its repair; 43 parts have to be dismantled to remove the top plate for internal access.
The Contarex was the first 35mm SLR
focal plane shutter
camera providing direct
meter
coupling to the shutter-, aperture-, and
film speed
-settings; they are interconnected
by cords. An aperture simulator for the exposure meter in the
Cyclops window
uses an iris in front of the selenium meter cell. The meter needle, to be aligned with an index
triangle, is visible both in a top plate window and to the right in the viewfinder.
A thumb-wheel on the camera controls the
lens
aperture, and the value is shown in a window
on top of the centrally located meter cell (the
Cyclops window
). The aperture in the interchangeable automatic lens closes when the shutter release is depressed and reopens
when the camera is wound on for the next exposure.
While a technical masterpiece and ahead of its time in many aspects, the Zeiss Contarex was a commercial failure
and contributed to the collapse of one of the world’s most storied manufacturers of cameras. The overwhelmingly complex design and unusual form factors that differed dramatically
from the products of every other manufacturer made it too eccentric for the masses.
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This Contarex
Super camera body
sells
AS-IS
with
no reserve
at a price of
5
.
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