Having a number of Leicas I could not find time to use this one. It was staying in a corner of the cupboard and since decades. Still in mint condition after half a century..
Here is one of mine : a nice and working M series Contax III with a wartime Sonnar 1.5 T (I picked this one more to collect than to use 😱; very unusual for me, I but have a soft spot for those Zeiss products).
Nice- i also picked up an M series Contax III with a SN255xxxx Sonnar "T" 5cm F1.5 on it. The aperture on mine is marked to F11- but has an unmarked F16.
The Contax now has a post-war Zeiss Opton on it, and the 5cm F1.5 Sonnar T is now Leica mount, on the M9. It is "convertible" and can go back into the Contax mount, shims saved in the Contax mount.
Times are changing it seems - just, say, five years ago, about a dozen people would have raved about that 100% genuine Jena Contax during the hours following your post.
Thanks, Highway 61. The camera is in very good shape, and shutter speeds are pretty accurate between 1/500 and 1/10, as judged by Ektar 100 negatives. I had been looking for one of these for a long time, finally snagged one on eBay.
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