Contaflex SLR

Contaflex
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super (old style), 1959–63
Overview
Type35mm SLR camera
Lens
Lens mountvaries by model
Focusing
Focusmanual
Exposure/metering
Exposuremanual
Flash
Flashcold shoe
Shutter
ShutterCompur leaf
Shutter speeds1–1500 + B, X/M

The Contaflex series is a family of 35mm Single-lens reflex cameras (SLR) equipped with a leaf shutter, produced by Zeiss Ikon in the 1950s and 1960s. The name was first used by Zeiss Ikon in 1935 for a 35mm Twin-lens reflex camera, the Contaflex TLR; for the earlier TLR, the -flex suffix referred to the integral reflex mirror for the viewfinder. The first SLR models, the Contaflex I and II (introduced in 1953) have fixed lenses, while the later models have interchangeable lenses; eventually the Contaflexes became a camera system with a wide variety of accessories.