contaflex lens: i have recently acquired a zeiss ikon contaflex minus its lens. all seems to be in working order, including light meter. there are quite a few lenses on internet for...

corryhully Loc: liverpool uk

i have recently acquired a zeiss ikon contaflex minus its lens. all seems to be in working order, including light meter. there are quite a few lenses on internet for the contraflex. my question is are the lens mounts on all contaflexes the same?

thanks

corryhully Loc: liverpool uk

corryhully wrote:

i have recently acquired a zeiss ikon contaflex minus its lens. all seems to be in working order, including light meter. there are quite a few lenses on internet for the contraflex. my question is are the lens mounts on all contaflexes the same?

thanks

FilmFanatic Loc: Waikato, New Zealand

I have done a little research on this. It looks like Contaflex had an odd arrangement where part of the lens was permanently attached to the camera, and the lens that you screw on just converts it to that focal length. Looks like there was a Contaflex 126 which was completely different, so as long as you get lenses with the Zeiss 60S mount you will be away laughing

This explains it well: http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=49716

corryhully Loc: liverpool uk

FilmFanatic wrote:

I have done a little research on this. It looks like Contaflex had an odd arrangement where part of the lens was permanently attached to the camera, and the lens that you screw on just converts it to that focal length. Looks like there was a Contaflex 126 which was completely different, so as long as you get lenses with the Zeiss 60S mount you will be away laughing

This explains it well: http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=49716

Thanks filmfanatic
researching here also and found out that i have a contaflex iv . I wll look at link and what can worked out.
all the best
Terry

FilmFanatic Loc: Waikato, New Zealand

corryhully wrote:

Thanks filmfanatic
researching here also and found out that i have a contaflex iv . I wll look at link and what can worked out.
all the best
Terry

I have old cameras. Most of mine needed CLA before they worked properly. Just something to bear in mind

corryhully Loc: liverpool uk

FilmFanatic wrote:

I have old cameras. Most of mine needed CLA before they worked properly. Just something to bear in mind

Same here filmfanatic. I go through a lot of lighter fluid for a non smoker;-)

FilmFanatic Loc: Waikato, New Zealand

corryhully wrote:

Same here filmfanatic. I go through a lot of lighter fluid for a non smoker;-)

I have a bottle of Ronsonol and I don't even own a lighter!

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

FilmFanatic wrote:

I have done a little research on this. It looks like Contaflex had an odd arrangement where part of the lens was permanently attached to the camera, and the lens that you screw on just converts it to that focal length. Looks like there was a Contaflex 126 which was completely different, so as long as you get lenses with the Zeiss 60S mount you will be away laughing

This explains it well: http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=49716

Interesting thread! Has a leaf shutter just like my Topcon Unirex.

FilmFanatic Loc: Waikato, New Zealand

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Interesting thread! Has a leaf shutter just like my Topcon Unirex.

Some early slrs were definitely odd

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

You can find the lenses on Ebay very reasonable, there was a wide angle and 2 telles plus a 8x30 monocular that screwed into the front and became a 400mm/16 which is now hard to find and expensive.

corryhully Loc: liverpool uk

blacks2 wrote:

You can find the lenses on Ebay very reasonable, there was a wide angle and 2 telles plus a 8x30 monocular that screwed into the front and became a 400mm/16 which is now hard to find and expensive.

yes i had been looking. i just was not too sure if the mount for the lens was the same on all the contaflex series.

corryhully Loc: liverpool uk

[quote=GoofyNewfie]Interesting thread! Has a leaf shutter just like my Topcon Unirex.[/quo

i have just looked up the unirex. that looks to be an interesting bit of kit also. i had a topcon camera another lifetime ago myself. it had been through the wars from the look of it as i remember. now that has gotten me thinking as to what ever happened to it. funny how things can grow legs and just disappear ;-)

corryhully Loc: liverpool uk

i have recently acquired a zeiss ikon contaflex minus its lens. all seems to be in working order, including light meter. there are quite a few lenses on internet for the contraflex. my question is are the lens mounts on all contaflexes the same?

thanks[/quote]

aquired a rather nice tessar for the contaflex. happy happy happy as pharrell would say