RolleiPollei
Newbie
So I recently purchased a Contax IIa at a flea market but unfortunately I cannot see the rangefinder patch in the viewfinder at all. Is there an easy way to fix this at home without sending it out for an expensive repair? I've done a few simple repairs on Japanese SLR cameras and a Canon Canonet rangefinder but from what I've heard the Contax cameras are incredibly complex and I cannot find much repair information online. The lens it came with is a relatively wide angle 35mm f3.5 so zone focusing it is easy enough for me, I'm a Rollei 35 user so I'm used to it. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I hope to get it back to 100% but if not I'll just zone focus it. It's far too cool of a camera to have it just collecting dust on my shelf especially as the shutter is working just fine.
richardHaw
junk scavenger
you can purchase a repair manual online. 
Gregm61
Well-known
Chances are, there's more to a flea market IIa that needs to be fixed/adjusted/repaired than just what you've seen so far. I'd be willing to bet, at a minimum, the upper speeds are either tapering, or not opening at all.