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Contaflex Super (type 10.1262)
Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4617435
Area
Photo and video cameras
Model
Contaflex Super (type 10.1262)
Manufacturer / brand
Type
Collection / set
Number in collection
First year of production
1959
Country of origin
Type of film
Negative size
Material
Colour
Shutter
Dimensions
13,4 x 7,8 x 9,0 cm
Details
A well-engineered, and beautifully finished leaf-shutter SLR camera from Zeiss Ikon. This model was manufactured from 1959 to 1962.
The Contaflex Super was based on the Rapid and had a coupled selenium exposure meter on the front side of the prism. It is easily recognized by the aperture setting wheel on the front plate. The meter's match-needle instrument is visible in the finder as well as on the top plate from the outside. It is not to be confused with the Super (new) that will be discussed later. The Super has a special exposure setting conception. The speed setting ring has two grips to provide lever power for exposure setting which is needed since turning the speed ring automatically turns the aperture ring into the opposite direction. The thumb-wheel around the camera's film speed setting knob is the device to turn the aperture ring on the lens barrel independently and to change its relation to the speed ring so that other speed/aperture-combinations become possible. If this device is used for match-needle metering the speed ring with the grips allows to switch easily to other exposure-setting combinations without getting out of correct exposure values as shown by the meter.