| Contax
E, small knobs, without internal semiautomatic diaphragm release |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB Zeiss Ikon Dresden |
responsible constructor |
Walter Henning |
| production period |
April 1956 to August 1956 |
no of produced cameras |
3,360 |
| Technical properties of the camera |
| shutter type |
mechanically controlled horizontal-run
rubberised cloth-blind type shutter |
exposure time
(possible settings) |
B, 1/1, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, 1/20, 1/50, 1/100,
1/200,1/500, 1/1000 |
| view finder |
fixed eye-level view finder with condenser type ground-glass focusing screen (´Stevens Screen´) |
mirror |
no instant-return mirror |
| film transport / frame counter |
small knobs, knob film advance, loose film take-up spool, manual frame
counter |
lens mount |
M42x1
without internal semiautomatic diaphragm release |
| self timer |
mechanically, ~10s |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
selenium cell based exposure meter
on the top of the pentaprism |
flash system |
X synchronization with coaxial
socket on the top cover, none accessory shoe |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into view finder |
none |
| general comments |
version with small
knobs for film rewind and rewinding but without internal semiautomatic
diaphragm, changed frame counter and film memory display |
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
97 (Schulz-version:
21) |
Kadlubek-No. |
ZIK 5130 |
| body no. |
97374 |
lens no. |
4719997 |
| lens type |
Tessar 2.8/50 Carl Zeiss Jena |
purchase price |
130€ |
| advertising |
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manual |
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