On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Collin Brendemuehl <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday an older gentleman where I work -- German by birth -- > brought in his camera to show me. Zeiss Ikon Contarex. > What a beautiful piece of hardware. 5/2, 35/2, & 135/2.8. > Removable film backs. Illuminated finder display. > Wheel control of aperture & shutter. And he got it in, iirc, 1962. > It's one of those cameras that was a pleasure just to hold.
They were beautiful pieces of machinery. Quirky, not the most reliable mechanically, but beautifully designed and manufactured. My uncle had one of them and a couple of Exaktas before he bought his Nikon F. I wonder whatever became of those cameras ... He passed away in 1974 and none of his children have them or remember selling them. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
