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www.orphancameras.com www.orphancameras.com CONTAX manufactured by ZEISS IKON AG., STUTTGART, is a deluxe precision miniature camera enabling its user to solve almost any photographic task. It will be the steady companion of the scientist, technician, professional as well as advanced amateur photo,grapher. The vast experience and knowledge of the Zeiss Ikon camera technicians have been fully employed in designing the CONTAX. Its dimensions are re,ducedsomewhat cormpareCwith the former model and its operation has been further simplifted. The scientist will use it daily in his painstaking work; the news photographer and reporter will obtain his p;ctures with it under the most difftcult conditions; the professional photographer will be delighted with the sharpness and perfection of his coNTAx photos and the amateur photographer will be able to record the most unusual situations. Complete information on these subj e c t s i s c o n t a i n e d i n t h e c o m p r e h e n s i v eC O N T A X l i t e r a ture and handbooks. The booklet is intended to furnish the owner of the CONTAX with essential and accurare instructions on how to operate his camera. It is recommended that a thorough study of these directions be made and to practice the various mechanical movements before loading the' camera. www.orphancameras.com T H E M A I N F E A T U R E SO F T H E CONTAX Jhe new CONTAX representsa further dette' models.All tbe essenlopment of its predecessor tial adoantagesof more tban too ooo CONTAX camerdsin use baue been employedand lurtber new deoelopmentshaoe been introduced. Jlere are a f ew details of tbe mainf eaturesof the new CONTAX: Die-castbody of light alloy guaranteeingextreme ,mechanical precision characteristic of ZEISS IKON prod,ucts. . Combir-redview an'd rangeftn,derpermitting sighting and focusing thronrgh one eye piece. Zeisslenses,factory-coated Choiceof incomparable and in light-weight mo'unts especially designedfor the CONTAX. All are interchan,geable,by means of their bayonettype mount, ins,uringrapid use and precision seating. All-metal focal plane shutter having speedsfrom I sec. to,'1/1250sec.f an'd "B" and "T" all of which can be set by meansof one dial. 6 35 mm perforated cine fflm is used which is available in vario,ustypes such as 35 m'm cartnidges,daylight loading spools, ready-cut lengths of ftlm, etc. CONTAX cassettespermittinginterchangeability of vario,uskinds of 35,mm negative material in daylight without rewinding. Detachable camera back which is advantageo,us not only during loading and unloading but also when thoro,ughly cleanring the camera. extremely well deA wide range o'f acces,sories signedand easy to use enablesthe CONTAX owner to cover almost any ffeld such as close-up work, pho'tormicrographyand tele-photograp,hyas well as reproduction anC copyingwork. lligbest possibleprecisionin its mecbanicalfunclion and unexcelledQuality of its Zeiss lcnsesnnke tbe neru CONTAX tbe topnotcb camerd,cbosenby tbe professional, scientist and tecbnician, as well as tbe aduancedAmateur pbotograpber. .r'' Ih t 1 www.orphancameras.com MANIPULATION OF THE CAMERA STEPI P R E P A R A T I O N ST O B E M A D E BEFORETAKING THE PI C T L ]R E : Take the camera in the left hand in such a manner that the thumb rests on the vierv-ftnder shoe and the other ftngers grasp it from underneath. Then use the thumb and the index ftnger of the right hand to set the desired diaphragm and shutter speed as well as to u'irrd the shutter itself. The diaphragm is set by phragrn ring (9). www.orphancameras.com turning dia- The CoNTAx shutter has a range of speeds fronr l s e c o r r ctl o l l ' = ; o s e c o n c li n a c l d i t i o n t o " B " a n d ( ( T , ' . A t ((8" the shutter is openeclby pressing the releasebutton clown ancl is closed by relixing ihe pressure upon the release button. At the setting "T" il'te shuttei is openecl by pressirrg the release buttorr clown and bv turning the shutter speed setting ring slightly in the c l i r e c t i o nt o r v a r c l s" B " i t i s c l o s e c l a g a i n . The lllnr ancl shutter rvinding nrechanism are couplecl t o a c l v a n c et h e f t l r n a r r d c o c k f h e s h u t t e r s i r n u l t a n e o i s l v , t h e r e b y e l i r n j n a t i n g t h e d a n g e r o f c l o u b l ee x p o s u r e s .T l i e slrutter winding knob (2) js turrrecl clockivise until a clefinite stop is felt. N O T E : J t i s r t o t s u Q q e s t c dt b a t t b u t n b a n d i n t l e x f i n Q e r ot' tle rigltt band 1pintl tbe sbutter in tbe n,a,tier- of I u n i n Q a s c r e w . l t i s \ a r l r ' r s a b lteo t u r n t b e c d i l t € r t t i i t . s r r c ld r f i d y a s l o d i p i d e t b e n t o t ) e , , t e nbt e t t o e e nt b e r i g b t md Ielt ltattrl lor clreater cont)ente,rce. www.orphancameras.com STEPII M A K I N G T H E E X P O SU R E The shape of the CONTAX and the ar- rangement of its controls are adapted to the human hand and are des'ignedto hold the camera securely. The following de- scription of the manipulation guarantees utmost safety when taking pictures. THE LEFT HAND holds the CONTAX fro'm below with the thumb and the index ffnger. THE RIGHT HAND grasps the CONTAX fro,m the side. Tire middle finger is placed on the focusing wheel and the index ftnger on the shutter releasebutton. The thumb rests on the back of the camera and the other ftngers on the front. The right lower corner of the CONTAX rests in the palm of the right hand. . THE ELBO$rS are held at the side of the bodv for better suppofr. www.orphancameras.com 13 FOCTJSING By looking through the eyepieceNo. 20 of the combinedview and rangeftnderone will see the viewftnd,erfteld for the standard 2 inch lens. In the center of the viewftnderffeld there is a somewhatlighter and yellowish fteld in which the object to be photographedusually appearswith double contours.By turning lhe focusing wheel No, $ with the middle ftnger of the right hand thesecontourswill come to coincidencewhich meansthat the lensis accuratelyfocussedat the distanceof the object seen ,loublecontoursin combined oiew and rangefnder field coirrcidence ot'contours,,t confuinetl u i e w a n d r a n g e f i n d efri e l d in_therangeftnderportion of the combinedview and rangeftnder. The focusingwheel operatesthe rangeftnderand the lens focusing mechanismfor 2 inch lensessimultaneously.The combined view and rangeftnderof the CONTAX permils the control of egmpoqitionand the accuratecheckingof the focusat a glance. The other CONTAX lenseswhich ire provided with-outside bayonet mount are focussedby _turningthe lens mount. They are also coup_ledto_the, rangeftnder with the exception of -(Sonnar !h. long focal length l6,nseswith reflex attachment. f 12.8,7r/a" and Sonnar f/4, 12" focal length.) 14 RELEASING TH E SH LITTER By pressing the shutter release button (3) down rvith the index firrger of the right hand, the shutter will be o p e r a t e c la n d t h e p i c t u r e t a k e n . T h i s c a n e i t h e r b e d o n e rvith the tip or top joirrt of the index ftnger (lllustratiorrNo. t9>, ft h a s b e e n f o u n c l b y e x p e r i e n c e t l t a t t h e g r e a t e s t s e c u n t y in holcling the can'rera steady durirtg the exposure is qiverr u,hen the uppernrost ioint ot the index ftnger is pressed downward. (See Illustration No. 11). If the winding knob has not been turned until a definite stop is felt, it follows that the shutter is not completely wound, and the fil'm not advanced for a full f r a n r e ; i n t h i s p o s i t i o n i t w i l l b e i m p o s s i b l e t o r e l e a s et h e focal-plane shutter. Under no circumstances CONTAX i s i t p o s s i b l et o m a k e o v e r l a p s a n d d o u b l e - e x p o s u r e s . There are no extemal rotating shutter parts on the CONTAX rvhich might, if inadvertently touched, interfere rvith the norrnal operation of the cartrera. www.orphancameras.com o D H CONTAX C A M E RA Vhen taking vertical pictures, rtrarripulate as des c r i , b e d- u n d e r S t e p I I . ( P a g e s 1 2 a n d 1 3 . ) T h e r i g h t hands grasps the camera above and is srritably curr'ed for this purpose. The left hand is used as a support. The sa,hreprocedure is followed with the right hand below, and the left hand above, if fourrcl t6 nlore con\/eulent. If the left eye is used for focusing, the right eye can renrain open. If the right eye is enrployed for focusing, the Ieft eye should be closecl. The various ways of sighting and holding the canrera are shown in thc illustrations. The user of the CONTAX should select the method n'hich suits hinr best. www.orphancameras.com STEP III LOADING ANID THE OPENINC The lens of the CONTAX is held between middle and ring finger of the left hand. The top of the camera is rrext to the chest. The thurnb is placed on the back of the camera. With thumb and index finger of the right hand, turn locks23 on the bottom, right and left respectively. Now the left thumb can push the back off. Then the right hand lifts the back away fro,m the housing of the camera. The open CONTAX shows the all-metal focalplaneshutter, a famous technical achievement. UNLOADI NG THE LOADINC As a first step, attach the beginning of the film to the take-up spool by hooking it to nose underneath the triangular lip of the spool, 35 mm cartridges are supplied by the manufacturer with the beginning of the film ready-cut to proper shape. No specialcutting is resuired on a stock roll of 35 mm fflm. The cartridg. is then placed into the feeding spool chamber in such a way that the rewind prong engageswith the hollow end of the cartridg. (cassette) . The empty spool i's fitted into the take-up spool cham' ber. Now the film is rvound www.orphancameras.com o n t h e t a l < e - t r ps p o o l u n t i l i t s p e r f o r a t i o n c r ) s a g e s t h e t e e t h o f t h e s l r r o c l < e to n b o t h s i c l e s .T h e n t h e b a c k o f t h e c a n r e r a i s r e p l a c e c l ,h o l d i n g t h e f t l n r s t r i p d o w n u ' i t h t h e t h u n r b o f t h c left hand. Firrallr', the back is slicl on to close the canrer;r c o r n p l e t e l y .T h e n l o c l