Contax in context / contest ?

dee

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Just musing .

I have just seen a Kiev III of 1951 with Zeiss glass lens for £420 .

Now you could view this as an opportunity to buy a newer Kontax Klone at a reasonable cost [ not ] , but a really good Contax II can be bought for that money ... not to mention a useable Kiev III which is even younger .

Ok , this is the 1st [ ? ] year of the Kiev III , and few were made , so it's a collector thing .

Curious , in a way , that a copy created in such strained and strange circumstances should gain '' value '' which eclipses the genuine article .
Or , maybe it is this very reason .
 
The Jena Contax goes for a small fortune. My Contax II with a 5cm F1.5 Sonnar was $200, add a CLA for $70 and it is in perfect working order.

Collectors pay more than a user would. So if you want to use cameras, bargains are out there.

And if prices are high that "just do not make sense", wait two years and let it settle back to Earth.
 
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