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Eyelets for corrying sirop
I
Aperture setting wheel
2
Focusing
3
Accessory shoe
4
ned
5
6 Press button for
Focusing ring
7
8
Prism unii
I Lever for
10 Flosh contoci
11
Boyonei for filler
12 Knob for
13 Mosnifier
Knob for
14
Ape*ure setting
15
16 Shutter
Frome
17
hood rnit
morking for lens chonging
dot
deloyed oction mechonism
operoiing mognifier
opening focusing
speed seiting ring
counter
lens
chonging
lens
on
or lens hood
mork
disc
mount
hood
Releose knob
18
releose
Ropid wind
1g
Ground-gloss screen ottochment
20
Lock for finder
21
Tripod bush
22
Locking
23
Distonce
24
Depth-of-field
25
Aperture
26
Retoining
27
Film
28
29
30
3l
32
33
34
type indicotor
Rewind
Collopsible rewind
Circle morking
Coich for
Split-imoge rongefi
Rewinding mork
wiih
lever
oitochments
keys
for cqmero
setting mork
scole
r,ing
for
spindle
disc
focol
exchonging finder units
nder otiochmenl
"R"
threqd for
finder otiochmenls
cronk
plone
coble
bock
(GCDntaFeX
rne
is
o single-lens
ropid
wind lever'
mechqnicol
hordly
be
rophy, pholomicrogrophy
speciol
unsurpossed
development
These
instructions
this
monuol,
ond
controls
Kindly
note
ouxiliory
surpossed.
olwoys
will
performonce
ond
first
will be
the
minioture
suitoble
reference
t'eflex
Interchqngeoble
equipment
No mclfer
be complefely
of the
for
should
moke you
unfold
the
found
to
comero
widen
which
or
ofher
ZEISS
use
by
cover poge
fhe
Contorex
for
lhe
ZEiSS
lenses
the
scope
interchongeoble
types
of
free
ihe
fomilior
speciolised
porollox.
from
lenses
most
exocling professionols,
with the
where references
possport
24
x
36
mm
onci
inierchongeoble
ond
versofilify
Iens
Highesi precision
moke
the
operolion
poge
on
negotive
of
lhis
is
used,
the
of rhe
the
wheiher
scieniisls
position
work,
CoNTAREX
io
32.
formot,
wiih
finder
unils
comero
for
imoge
depicted
in
comero
speciol
ond
coNTAREX
of ihe
focol
os
in
o
close-ups,
construction
the
ocme
ombitious
speciol.
individuol
plone
well
os
foshion
mocrophotog-
by
the
photogrophic
of
omoteurs.
When reoding
shulier
ond
opticol
ono
which
con
CONTAREX
ond
the
componenis
Distinguishing
features
the C0NTAREX
of
special
The all
parallax-free
The
oble finder-units
Interchangeable ZEISS
wide-ongle lerrs lo the telepholo lens
mounls.
The
shutter Speeds
The
focal-plane shutter
electronic
for ihe type of
All
settings
g
ronce.
Standard 35 mm
doylight-refills in
The
twin-cassette system
ond coulour films con
6
die-cast
metal
mirror-rellex viewfinder with
suitoble for the most
The CONTAREX lenses from 35 mm to 135 mm
flosh
ond outomolicolly selects lhe correct moment
flosh
-
distonce,
miniature
ensuring the highest
body,
speciolly computed
lenses,
from
I sec. io
runs smoothly ond is free from
in
use. A deloyed oction
operture, depth of field, shuiter speed
CONTAX cosseites, os
mokes
qlso
1/rooo
is used
film
possible
ii
be exchonged without
possible
its lorge,
photogrophic
voried
of 250 mm focol length; oll lenses
sec. ond
with
"B"
device
the
CONTAREX, in the form
os bulk
well
to remove the exposed
precision
bright,
for the
CONTAREX
hove iris diophrogms
for time
vibrolion. lf is
is builf into the
film or dorkroom refills.
rewinding,
ond rigidity.
uniformly-illuminoted
tosks. Rongefinder
exposures
of ignition
-
con
ot ony
speciol, ronge
con oll be
synchronised
shutfer.
film
time.
imoge
field. Interchonge-
ond lens focusing
from ihe 21 mm
ore
fiiied
of
if the
be reod
of
either commerciol
without rewinding. Block-ond-white
ropid-chonge
with
pre-selector
the
set on one ring.
for both floshbulbs
shutter speed is
off from obove ot
ore coupled.
super-
boyonel
pottern.
ond
set correctly
o single
coriridges or
The
detachable
ond
unlooding
0nly
a few
back helps
on
eosy
access0ries
mocrophologrophy,
Gontrols
We recommend you
ihe
comero.
The
viewfinder
poriiculor
the
obioined
Focusing
Prism
Prism
The
focusing
musl
be
*
Use only
of the
r
Focusing
unit
unit
hood
opened
with
swung-out
viewing
hood
hood
with
with split-imoge
for
considerobly
moiler.
ore
needed
to simplify
photomicrogrophy,
proctice
to
CONTAREX
operoting
speciol hos
requirements
unit
unii
ground-gloss
ground-glqss
with
with
split-imoge rongefinder
screen oilochmenr
rongefinder
(3)
unit
viewing
mognifier,
ond ihe
prism
pressing
by
With some lenses blocked-out
when dusiing
the
moslering
copying
of
ond lelephoto
the
vorious
iwo
the
finder
different
screen oitochmenl
oitochment.
(8)
serve
unit
(14).
knob
ond
cleoning
of difficuli
shots.
controls
of ihe
finder
imoge.
The
oilochment*
for
viewing
The mognifier
corners
musl
the
spool
chombers
photogrophic
CONTAREX
uniis
which
following
the
finder imoge.
(i3),
which is inside
be loken
ond mokes
tosks, such os close-ups,
speciol before
qre
interchongeoble to suit
finder-combinotions
The
iocusing
ihe cover
inlo occount,
looding
looding
con
be
hood
flop,
:::.:t:,:::::ili::
must be
mognifier
The
permits
(12),
knob
opened
criiicolly
for viewing
('13),
mognifier will
ihe
which
exqci
is inside
focusing.
position.
The viewfinder
ihe cotch
sing
towords
off
the cotch
unif,
The finder
imoge rongefinder
the finder unit
when
the lock
be lified off
finder oilochment
(27)
ond
units
(32),
when
ihe bock
(32)
should
qtiochmeni
ottochmeni)
(2,l)
upwords,
(Fig.
2). For re-insertion,
should
should then be
ihe eniire
(Fig.
snop-in
(ground-gloss screen
hos been
it will be
be slipped
firmly
be
con
mounting.
prism
The
imoge
from
obove
yields
unit
when viewed
into the focusing
on upright
ioking direction;
in ihe
upright ond Ioterolly reversed.
Fis.1
pressing knob
by
the
By
inio
spring
interchonged
con be
unit
1). When
inseriing
(14)'
flop,
cover
depressing
lhe working
depres-
by
lifted
the
oudibly.
split-
or
occessible
be
will
removed.
loosened
over
pressed
ond
pressing
By
ihen
con
ond
the clows
of
lhe
the spindle
ils
into
bock
loterolly correct
looking
hood,the imoge oppeors
Focusing
When using
oreo is used
lens
shorply
When
b0
lhe
!
tolly
rt)
cotor).
-}4
iicol
will oppeor
The focusing
F
roloted
F
B
stroight
F
io the
lines,
'H
pholos.
()
J<
mount
focused.
using
centre
divided
When
line
until
ond
required
fhe
glound.glass
the
for focusing.
should
be rotoied
the
split-image
of ihe
imoge
into
ihe lens
posses
which
broken
ring
lhe
unbroken.
disionce.
comero
should
screen,
The focusing
until the
rangefinder,
field
o circulor oreo horizon-
two
holf-circles
is
not
shorply focused, o ver-
lhrough
ond loterolly
(7)
of lhe lens
verlicol
This
operoiion
For
be held
line
focusing
its
entire imoge
(7)
ring
subiect oppeors
you
(definition
these
two holf-circles
disploced.
mouni
oppeors completely
focuses ihe
on horizontol
os
toking
for
the
of
will see in
indi-
should be
lens
uprighl
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