The Contax I, or Original Contax, is a 35 mm rangefinder camera made between 1932 and 1936 by Zeiss Ikon. The Contax I had six identifiable variants, but fundamentally identical; every aspect was designed to outperform the Leica.

The Contax I's strongest point was its great Zeiss lenses. Contax offered a wide range (for its time) of 28mm to 180mm. Particular interesting were the 50/1.5 Sonnar, 85/2 Sonnar, the world's first super speed wide angle, the 40/2 Biotar, and the …

Aug 30, 2022 · This is a Contax I, a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by Zeiss-Ikon in Dresden, Germany between the years 1932 and 1936.

Contax (stylised as CONTAX in the Kyocera era) began as a German camera model in the Zeiss Ikon line in 1932, and later became a brand name. The early cameras were among the finest in the world, typically featuring high quality Zeiss interchangeable lenses.

The Contax I is a 35mm rangefinder film camera introduced by Zeiss Ikon of Germany in 1932. It had a production run of four years until 1936. As a true hardcore camera aficionado and Contax super-fan, the Contax I was always a camera on my wishlist.

Nov 22, 2024 · The Contax I is a high-end 35mm rangefinder camera made by Zeiss Ikon to compete with Leica models. It was released in 1932. The Super Nettel was based on the Contax I, with the same kind of shutter but a folding body, a fixed lens, and a short-based rangefinder. It was intended to be a cheaper alternative.

Aug 30, 2022 · This review covers the complete history of the development of the earliest Contax rangefinders, all the different variants, it's operation, repair, and three sets of sample images shot with this CLA'd Contax.

There are least two different sets of variations that have been drawn up to describe the Contax I. Hans-Jurgen Kuc uses seven numbered variations in his beautiful book "Auf Den Spuren Der Contax", and Jim McKeown uses six letter variations in his price guide.

Contax cassettes were metal re-usable containers consisting of two thin cylinders one inside the other. They could be loaded into the camera in daylight, locking the back of the camera opened the cassette by rotating the inner cylinder.

1932 brachte die Zeiss Ikon AG ihre erste Kleinbildkamera auf den Markt, die Contax. Die Entwicklung wurde geleitet von Heinz Küppenbender. Die erste Contax mit ihrem markanten schwarzen Gehäuse wurde anfänglich nur als Contax bezeichnet.