Contarex Special Camera Instruction Manual

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I

Eyeletsor corryingsirop

2

Aperturesett ingwheel

3

Focusing

ood rnit

4

Accessory hoe

5

ned

dot

morking or lenschonging

6 Press utton or

lens

chonging

7

Focus inging

on

lens

mount

8

Prismunii

I Lever or

deloyedoctionmechonism

10 Floshcontoci

11 Boyonei or f i l ler or lenshood

12 Knob or

operoi ingmognif ier

13 Mosnif ier

14

Knob or

opening ocusing

hood

15

Ape*ure sett ing

mork

16 Shutter

peedseit ing ring

17

Frome

counter

disc

Releoseknob

wiih

threqd for

coble

re leose

R o p id w in d

le v e r

Ground-gloss screen ottochment

Lock for f inder

oitochments

Tr ipod bush

Locking

keys

for cqmero

bock

Distonce

sett ing mork

Depth-of- f ie ld

scole

Aperture

r, ing

Retoin ing spindle for f inder ot iochmenls

Fi lm

type indicotor

Rewind

disc

Co l lops ib le ew ind

c ronk

C i r c l e m o r k i n g

foco l

p lone

Coich for

exchonging f inder units

Spl i t - imoge rongef i

nder ot iochmenl

Rewinding mork

"R"

1 8

1 g

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

3l

32

33

34


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rne

GCDntaFeX

i s

o s ing le - lens

m in i o t u r e

' e f l e x

omero

fo r

lhe

24

x

36

mm

n e g o t i v e

o r m o t ,

w i i h

f o c o l

p lone

s h u l i e r

ond

r o p id

w in d l e v e r '

In te rchqngeob le

E iS S

enses

o n c i

in ie rchongeob le

i n d e r

un i l s

os

w e l l

os

o p t i c o l

ono

mechqn ico l

o u x i l i o r y

equ ipmen t

w id e n

the

scope

ond

v e r s o f i l i f y

o f

l h i s

comero

in

o

fosh ion

w h i c h

con

h o r d l y

be

su rpossed .

N o m c l f e r

w h i c h

in te rchongeob le

ens

i s

used ,

whe ihe r

f o r

c lose -ups ,

moc ropho tog -

rophy , pho lom ic rog rophy o r o fhe r types o f spec io l i sed

w o r k ,

t h e

imoge

dep ic ted

by

the

C O N TA R E X

spec io l

w i l l

o lwoys

be comp le fe ly

r e e

f r o m

p o r o l l o x .

H ig h e s i p r e c i s i o n

n

comero

cons t ruc t ion

ond

t he

unsu rpossed

e r fo rmonce

o f the

ZE I S S

enses

moke

t h e

C o N TA R E X

spec io l

the

ocme

o f

pho tog roph ic

deve lopmen t

ond

s u i t o b l e

o r

use

b y

ih e

mos t

exoc l ing p r o f e s s i o n o l s ,

c i e n i i s l s

n d

omb i t ious

omo teu rs .

These

ns t ruc t ions

hou ld

moke you

f o m i l i o r

w i t h t h e

ope ro l ion

o f rhe

c o N TA R E X

s p e c io l .

When reod ing

t h i s

monuo l ,

f i r s t

u n f o l d

the

cove r poge

where re fe rences

o

t h e

p o s i t i o n

o f ihe

i n d i v i d u o l

componen is

ond

con t ro ls

w i l l b e

f o u n d

Kindly note the reference to fhe Contorex possport on poge 32.


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Distinguishing

eatures

f

theC0NTAREX

pecial

Theal l metal ie-castody, nsuringhe highest

ossible

recision

nd rigidi ty.

The

paral lax-free

irror-rel lexiewfinder i th

i ts lorge,

bright,

uniformly-i l luminoted

moge

ield. Interchonge

oble inder-units

uitoble or the most

voried

photogrophic

osks.Rongefinder

nd lens ocusing

re coupled.

InterchangeableEISS

enses,

peciol ly omputed

or the

CONTAREX

peciol, onge

rom ihe 21 mm

super-

wide-ongleerrso the elepholo ens

of 250mm ocol length;ol l lenses

re

fi i ied

with

ropid-chonge

oyonel

mounls.

heCONTAREXensesrom 35 mm o 13 5mm

hove ris diophrogms

f

the

pre-selector

ottern.

The

shutter peeds

rom

I sec. o

1/rooo

sec.ond

"B"

for t ime

exposures

on ol l be

set on one ring.

The

ocal-planehutter

uns smoothlyond is free from

vibrol ion. f is

synchronised

or both f loshbulbs

nd

electronicloshond outomolicol ly electshe correctmoment f ignit ion f the shutter peed s set correctly

for ihe type of

f losh

n

use.

A

deloyedoction

device

s bui l f into the

shutfer.

Al l

sett ings

distonce,

perture, epth of f ield, shuiterspeed

con

be reod

off from obove ot

o single

g

once .

Standard5 mm

miniature

i lm

is used

with

the

CONTAREX,n the form

of

either commerciol

orir idges r

doyl ight-refi l lsn

CONTAX osseites,s

well

os bulk

i lm or dorkroom efi l ls.

The

win-cassetteystem

mokes

i

possible

o remove he exposed

i lm

without rewinding.Block-ond-white

ond coulour i lms con qlso be exchonged i thoutrewinding, t ony time.

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The

detachable

ackhelps

considerobly

hen dusi ing

ond

cleoning

he

spool

chombers

nd mokes

ooding

ond

unlooding

on

eosy

moiler.

0nly

a few

access0ries

re

needed

o simpli fy

he

moslering

f di ff icul i

photogrophic

osks, uchos close-ups

mocrophologrophy,hotomicrogrophy,opyingond lelephotoshots.

Gontrols

We recommend ou

to

proctice

operoting

he

vorious

controls

of ihe

CONTAREX

peciolbefore

ooding

ihe

comero.

The

viewfinder

f the

CONTAREX

peciolhos

iwo

different

inder

uni is

which

qre

interchongeobleo suit

the

pori iculor

viewing

requirements

f

the

finder

imoge.

The

fol lowing

finder-combinotions

on

be

obioined

Focusing

ood

unit

with

ground-glqss

creen i tochmenl

Focusing

ood

uni i

with

spl i t- imoge ongefinder

i lochment*

Prism

nit

with

ground-gloss

creen i lochmenr

Prism

unit

with spl i t- imoge

ongefinder

i tochment.

The

focusing

hood

unit

(3)

ond ihe

prism

unit

(8)

serve

or

viewing

the

finder imoge.

The

ocusing

hood

musl

be

opened

or

viewing

by

pressing

knob

(14).

The mognif ier

i3),

which is inside

he cover

f lop,

*

Use on ly w i th swung-ou tmogn i f ie r , Wi th some lensesb locked-ou tcorners musl be loken in lo occount ,


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must be

opened

for v iewing

by

pressing knob

(14) '

The

mognif ier

( '13),

which

is ins ide

the

cover

f lop,

permits

cr i i ico l ly

exqci

focusing.

By

depressing

knob

( 1 2 ) ,

he

m o g n i f i e r w i l l

sp r ing

i n i o

l h e w o r k i n g

p o s i t i o n .

The v iewfinder

units

con

be

interchonged

by

depres-

s ing

ihe cotch

(32),

when

ihe eni i re

unit

con be

l i f ted

off

towords

ihe bock

(Fig.

1). When

inser i ing

the

unif ,

the cotch

(32)

should

snop-in

oudib ly.

The f inder

qt iochmeni

(ground-gloss screen

or

spl i t -

imoge rongef inder

ottochmeni)

wi l l

be

occessib le

when

the f inder unit

hos been

removed.

By

pressing

the lock (2, l)upwords, i t wi l l be loosened ond con ihen

be l i f ied off

(Fig.

2). For re- insert ion,

he c lows

of

lhe

f inder o i lochment

should

be s l ipped

over

the spindle

(27)

ond

should then be

f irmly

pressed

bock

into

i ls

moun t ing .

Th e

p r i s m

u n i t

y i e l d s

on up r igh t

ond

lo t e r o l l y c o r r e c t

imoge

when v iewed

in ihe

i o k i n g d i r e c t i o n ;

l o o k i n g

from

obove

into the focusing

hood,the i moge oppeors

upr ight ond Iot ero l ly reversed.

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