| Contax
FM large tower |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB Zeiss Ikon Dresden |
responsible constructor |
Walter Henning |
| production period |
September 1958 to June 1961 |
no of produced cameras |
17,280 |
| 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
ground-glass focussing screen
with central split-image range-finder (FM) |
mirror |
no instant-return mirror |
| film transport / frame counter |
knob film advance, loose film take-up spool, manual frame
counter |
lens mount |
M42x1
additional mechanism for internal automatic aperture release
|
| self timer |
mechanically, ~10s |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
none |
flash system |
X synchronisation with coaxial
socket on the top cover, none accessory shoe |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into view finder |
none |
| general comments |
 | engraved: large Ernemann tower at the front of the Pentaprism |
| Catalogue-No. 32 (large tower) from Schulz |
|
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
104 (Schulz-version:
32) |
Kadlubek-No. |
ZIK 5170 |
| body no. |
125521 |
lens no. |
5989115 |
| lens type |
Jena T 1:2,8 f=50 Jena |
purchase price |
110€ |
| advertising |
|
manual |
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