Gorgeous Contaflex Zeiss Ikon 35mm SLR Camera. A Step Back In Time, What A Fantastic 50’s Camera! Great As A Prop Or As A Collectors Item.

This stunning camera is simply magnificent! We are in love with this camera and its gorgeous design – tested an cleaned. We love that it loads film like a Leica camera!
Firing on all speeds, light meter is consistent and generally good condition for a camera of this age – we are really going to miss this beauty! This camera is a great collectors item or to experience what film photography used to be like.
View Finder is clear but as with cameras of this age the view finder is not as clear as what you have come to expect in the more modern SLR’s

Any questions please don’t hesitate to ask!

The Contaflex family of 35mm leaf-shuttered SLR cameras was introduced in 1953 by Zeiss Ikon, utilizing the newly developed Compur reflex shutter. By doing so, a completely new 35mm camera emerged, a concept probably first used in 1929 in the Mentor Compur Reflex. The Contaflex name was made famous and became highly respected due to the spectacular 35mm twin lens reflex Contaflex, introduced in 1935 and only produced a few years.

The Zeiss Ikon AG factory in Dresden was almost totally eradicated by the end of World War II. The remains were gathered in Stuttgart, then in West Germany. Only a few prototypes were rescued. Both the lens- and most of the camera production had to be rebuilt from scratch. This was at the same time a tremendous opportunity for the company to develop completely new products.