Zeiss Ikon Contarex Special Instruction Booklet
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I Eyelets for corrying sirop 2 Aperture setting wheel 3 Focusing hood rnit 4 Accessory shoe 5 ned dot morking for lens chonging 6 Press button for lens chonging 7 Focusing ring on lens mount 8 Prism unii I Lever for deloyed oction mechonism 10 Flosh contoci 11 Boyonei for filler or lens hood 12 Knob for operoiing mognifier 13 Mosnifier 14 Knob for opening focusing hood 15 Ape*ure setting mork 16 Shutter speed seiting ring 17 Frome counter disc Releose knob wiih threqd for coblereleose Ropid wind lever Ground-gloss screen ottochment Lock for finder oitochments Tripod bush Locking keys for cqmero bockDistonce setting mork Depth-of-field scole Aperture r,ing Retoining spindle for finder otiochmenls Film type indicotor Rewind disc Collopsible rewind cronk Circle morking focol plone Coich for exchonging finder units Split-imoge rongefi nder otiochmenl Rewinding mork R 18 1g 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3l 32 33 34
rne (GCDntaFeX is o single-lens minioture teflex comero for lhe 24 x 36 mm negotive formot, wiih focol plone shulier ondropid wind lever Interchqngeoble ZEiSS lenses onci inierchongeoble finder unils os well os opticol onomechqnicol ouxiliory equipment widen the scope ond versofilify of lhis comero in o foshion which conhordly be surpossed. No mclfer which interchongeoble Iens is used, wheiher for close-ups, mocrophotog-rophy, pholomicrogrophy or ofher types of speciolised work, the imoge depicted by the CONTAREXspeciol will olwoys be complefely free from porollox. Highesi precision in comero construction ond theunsurpossed performonce of the ZEISS lenses moke the CoNTAREX speciol the ocme of photogrophicdevelopment ond suitoble for use by ihe most exocling professionols, scieniisls ond ombitious omoteurs.These instructions should moke you fomilior with the operolion of rhe coNTAREX speciol. When reodingthis monuol, first unfold the cover poge where references io the position of ihe individuol componenisond controls will be found Kindly note the reference to fhe Contorex possport on poge 32.
Distinguishing features of the C0NTAREX special The all metal die-cast body, ensuring the highest possible precision ond rigidity.The parallax-free mirror-rellex viewfinder with its lorge, bright, uniformly-illuminoted imoge field. Interchonge-oble finder-units suitoble for the most voried photogrophic tosks. Rongefinder ond lens focusing ore coupled.Interchangeable ZEISS lenses, speciolly computed for the CONTAREX speciol, ronge from ihe 21 mm super-wide-ongle lerrs lo the telepholo lens of 250 mm focol length; oll lenses ore fiiied with ropid-chonge boyonelmounls. The CONTAREX lenses from 35 mm to 135 mm hove iris diophrogms of the pre-selector pottern. The shutter Speeds from I sec. io 1/rooo sec. ond B for time exposures con oll be set on one ring. The focal-plane shutter runs smoothly ond is free from vibrolion. lf is synchronised for both floshbulbs ondelectronic flosh ond outomolicolly selects lhe correct moment of ignition if the shutter speed is set correctlyfor ihe type of flosh in use. A deloyed oction device is builf into the shutfer. All settings - distonce, operture, depth of field, shuiter speed - con be reod off from obove ot o singleg ronce. Standard 35 mm miniature film is used with the CONTAREX, in the form of either commerciol coriridges ordoylight-refills in CONTAX cosseites, os well os bulk film or dorkroom refills. The twin-cassette system mokes ii possible to remove the exposed film without rewinding. Block-ond-white ond coulour films con qlso be exchonged without rewinding, ot ony time. 6
The detachable back helps considerobly when dusiing ond cleoning the spool chombers ond mokes loodingond unlooding on eosy moiler.0nly a few access0ries ore needed to simplify the moslering of difficuli photogrophic tosks, such os close-ups,mocrophologrophy, photomicrogrophy, copying ond lelephoto shots. Gontrols We recommend you to proctice operoting the vorious controls of ihe CONTAREX speciol before loodingihe comero. The viewfinder of the CONTAREX speciol hos iwo different finder uniis which qre interchongeoble to suitthe poriiculor viewing requirements of the finder imoge. The following finder-combinotions con beobioined r Focusing hood unit with ground-glqss screen oitochmenlFocusing hood unii with split-imoge rongefinder oilochment*Prism unit with ground-gloss screen oilochmenrPrism unit with split-imoge rongefinder oitochment.The focusing hood unit (3) ond ihe prism unit (8) serve for viewing the finder imoge. The iocusing hoodmusl be opened for viewing by pressing knob (14). The mognifier (i3), which is inside ihe cover flop, * Use only with swung-out mognifier, With some lenses blocked-out corners musl be loken inlo occount,