ZEISS IKON CONTAFLEX W/ 50MM F 2.8 TESSAR Carl Zeiss LENS and a Zeiss Ikon Leather CASE. This is the Contaflex IV Model, with the Zeiss Tessar 50mm f:2.8 with helical focusing. The front element of the lens was removable and could be replaced by supplementary lenses and also has the uncoupled meter.
The shutter fires flawlessly, and the aperture is working fine, but not tested for accuracy. Body is in excellent condition, and the lens has no scratches or fungus but does have some dust which is very common for a fine SLR of this age. The leather case and straps are very worn, but fully functional. The metering system is still responsive but again no exact status about the accuracy. All in all a very beautiful piece and ready to shoot.
Don't forget, to be able to look through the viewfinder SLR style, you need to wind the shutter up to the next shot, as the mirror is a "non return" and has to be Cranked up into position again as you wind the film for the next shot. Because there is a "trap door" over the metering cell, these meters still function, even on models of this age, but as we said, we did not check for accuracy.
This Contaflex uses the Synchro-Compur leaf shutter, which allows higher flash sync speeds and hotsell was ahead of it's time.
The fit and feel of this camera is amazing and you can tell when winding or firing the shutter what an incredible hand made piece of workmanship these are.
This camera comes with the case and there is no manual or original box.
There is a tiny bit of paint wear on the bottom front where the back slips in but otherwise this unit is very clean and rates around an 8+.
Product code: Hotsell Zeiss Ikon Contaflex 35 mm SLR Camera w/ 50mm Tessar Carl Zeiss f2.8 Lens - Used