S.H.
Picture taker
Nice serial number!
Lots of them have those flash sync, it was not done at the factory. It was done afterwards.
Lots of them have those flash sync, it was not done at the factory. It was done afterwards.
Bill Jones
Contax Lens User
Socrates' Contax serial number
Socrates' Contax serial number
Socrates,
What is the serial number of the Contax body and where is it marked? The reason I ask is some late war time Contaxes were possibly factory sync'ed.
Bill
Socrates' Contax serial number
Socrates,
What is the serial number of the Contax body and where is it marked? The reason I ask is some late war time Contaxes were possibly factory sync'ed.
Bill
Elmar Lang
Well-known
Hello,
I have a Contax-II with an identical flash-synch contact. Mine's serial no. is "K. 60563" and the accessory shoe is also engraved with "Made in Germany"; its collapsible Sonnar 50/2 bears the serial no. 2586942. Curiously, its everready case is made of synthetic material, instead of leather (wartime shortage?) and it's now very fragile. The camera itself, after a recent, general overhaul, is perfectly working.
Best wishes,
E.L.
I have a Contax-II with an identical flash-synch contact. Mine's serial no. is "K. 60563" and the accessory shoe is also engraved with "Made in Germany"; its collapsible Sonnar 50/2 bears the serial no. 2586942. Curiously, its everready case is made of synthetic material, instead of leather (wartime shortage?) and it's now very fragile. The camera itself, after a recent, general overhaul, is perfectly working.
Best wishes,
E.L.
Bill Jones
Contax Lens User
Elmar,
Thank you for your information. My Contax II serial number O.65106 also has the same flash connection. By chance, do you have the original instruction book for yours and if so does it show the flash sync?
Bill Jones
Thank you for your information. My Contax II serial number O.65106 also has the same flash connection. By chance, do you have the original instruction book for yours and if so does it show the flash sync?
Bill Jones
S.H.
Picture taker
An O serial is very late!
Sorry, I don't have any original instruction book.
Sorry, I don't have any original instruction book.
greyelm
Malcolm
Is this manual of any help?
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/zeiss_ikon/zeiss_ikon_contax_ii/zeiss_ikon_contax_ii.htm
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/zeiss_ikon/zeiss_ikon_contax_ii/zeiss_ikon_contax_ii.htm
Bill Jones
Contax Lens User
Contax II flash sync?
Contax II flash sync?
Hi S.H. and Greyelm,
Yes it's a very late one. In the last 400 built by Zeiss Ikon according to Kuc's serial number notes. If the sync was factory installed I was guessing that it would be mentioned in a late instruction book or an insert with the camera. So I was looking for wartime instructions for the Contax II or III. The instruction manual on the Butkus site is from around 1938. It's very good if one wants to learn how to use the camera, but too early to help identifing the existence of factory installed syncing.
I believe Elmar's camera has been in his family since it was new. That's why I asked about the instructions.
Thank you both for your replies.
Bill Jones
Contax II flash sync?
Hi S.H. and Greyelm,
Yes it's a very late one. In the last 400 built by Zeiss Ikon according to Kuc's serial number notes. If the sync was factory installed I was guessing that it would be mentioned in a late instruction book or an insert with the camera. So I was looking for wartime instructions for the Contax II or III. The instruction manual on the Butkus site is from around 1938. It's very good if one wants to learn how to use the camera, but too early to help identifing the existence of factory installed syncing.
I believe Elmar's camera has been in his family since it was new. That's why I asked about the instructions.
Thank you both for your replies.
Bill Jones
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Elmar Lang
Well-known
Hello,
excuse me if I'm replying so late.
My flash-synchro Contax-II is not the one belonged to my grandfather, but one purchased from the heirs of a late Army officer. From what I've been told, he had it during WW2.
I've also read on Kuc's "Auf den Spuren der Contax" that it is known of Contaxes with synchro flash contact.
Best wishes,
E.L.
excuse me if I'm replying so late.
My flash-synchro Contax-II is not the one belonged to my grandfather, but one purchased from the heirs of a late Army officer. From what I've been told, he had it during WW2.
I've also read on Kuc's "Auf den Spuren der Contax" that it is known of Contaxes with synchro flash contact.
Best wishes,
E.L.
roboflick
Well-known
My Contax II from 1938 and Opton Sonnar. This combo is a dream!
Nik
Nik
Bill Jones
Contax Lens User
Hi Elmar,
Thanks for your reply. As far as I'm concerned there is no such thing a being too late with a reply.
Bill Jones
Thanks for your reply. As far as I'm concerned there is no such thing a being too late with a reply.
Bill Jones
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Socrates
Newbie
The SN is on the inside of the camera ( On the back and and under the shutter curtain "box" if I am right) and at the moment there's some film in it so some patient is needed:angel:
Bill Jones
Contax Lens User
Socrates,
Thank you. I am patient, so I'll wait for you to finish the filom.
Bill
Thank you. I am patient, so I'll wait for you to finish the filom.
Bill
paapoopa
Established
S.H.
Picture taker
it is a TEWE finder : http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97304
paapoopa
Established
BobYIL
Well-known
Finally found a proper vintage hood for the 50/1.5 Sonnar. It says "WALZ for Sonnar".
-Nash-
Established
I used to have this.
Shame it didn't work.
Shame it didn't work.
Alfasud
Old Toys
What a beauty!
Dez
Bodger Extraordinaire
Contaxes are a real "Mechanical Rhapsody" with all sorts of buttons, dials, and funky looking protruding bits. I think this late model Contax 1 is the prettiest camera I own. Everything works extremely well. The added PC terminal is installed very neatly, and provides a reliable X sync at 1/25.
Cheers,
Dez
Cheers,
Dez
Socrates
Newbie
The SN is F. 72490
