Contaflex I (861/24)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Zeiss Ikon AG
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Stuttgart
PRODUCTION DATES: 1953 - 1958
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36 mm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm SLR
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 45mm f/2.8 Tessar
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "1953-58. 35mm SLR which broke with tradition by using the newly
  developed reflex Compur inter-lens shutter. Although this
  'innovative' shutter design had been proven effective by Alfred
  Newman's N&S Reflex design about 1910, most SLR's had retained the
  trouble-prone cloth focal plane shutters. The new Compur design was
  later adopted bt Hasselblad. Tessar 45mm/2.8. Synchro-Compur. No
  exposure meter. Readily available." (McKeown, 1992).

MANUFACTURER'S CATALOG NO: 861/24

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: Z470.00014

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1992-1993.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1992.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//