ZEISS IKON CONTAFLEX III User manual

INSTRUCTION BOOK

Controls of the Contafler lll
1 Filrn wind knob
2 Frorne counler
3 Shutter releose knob
4 Distunce setting scole
5 Depth-of-field scole
6 Rewind knob with film
type indrcotor
7 Eyelets for corrying strop
8 Setting mork for dislonce,
operture cnd shuiter speed
9 Focusing knobs
10 Aperture ond shutter
speed setting ring
1l Synchro-lever for f losh
ond deloyed oction
mechonism (self-timer).
For further controls see inside bock cover
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The Gontaflex lll
The Contqflex lll mode by Zeiss lkon AG., Stutt-
gort, combines oll the odvontoges of the two
most populor types of comero: minioture ond
reflex. Behind this ochievement lie yeors of
experience in the monufocture of precision
comeros. The Contoflex wos originolly designed
for the odvonced omoteur, but its omozing ver-
sotility hos ropidly mode it indispensoble to
professionol, scientif ic ond technicol photo-
grophers.
The outomotic coupling of mony operotions ond
the cleor orrongement of oll controls ond scoles,
the new exposure-volue shutter (coupling of
shutter speed ond stop) moke this smqll ond
ottroctive comero instontly reody for oction. Two
coupled rongef inder systems ensure occurote
focusing of the world-fomed 50 mm Zeiss Tessor
f /2.8 lens, with oll its interchongeoble converter
units. The lorge cleor viewfinder imoge is un-
offected by porollox even of the shortest dis-
tonces. With the extensive ronge of Contoflex
occessories of your disposol (see the lost poges
of this booklet), there is virtuolly no limit to the
foscinoting subiects you con sofely cover.
So thot you con get the best out of your Conto-
flex lll ond enioy the pleosure of corefree phoio-
grophy, pleose study this instruction book
thoroughly. Open out the front ond bock covers
ond follow the monipulotions with the oid of the
detoiled diogroms. Stort by proctising the

vorious operotions of picture toking without o
film in the comero. lf you still hove difficulties,
see your photo deoler for free informotion.
We cqn only congrotulote you on buying o
Contoflex lll. You hove mode o wise choice
your comero will give you lifelong pleosure. We
would like to shore your enioyment, ond would
oppreciote it if you were to send us some of the
most outstonding pictures you hove token with
your Contoflex lll.
The picture inside the front cover wos token with the
Contoflex of sunset; exposure l/co sec. oI fl4.
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Gontaflex lll features
The lorge, bright finder shows the finol picture
in olmost noturol size right up to the moment of
exposure. The built-in Fresnel lens renders o
finder imoge thot is bright even in the corners;
furthermore, it is seen of eye-level, upright ond
the right woy round, thonks to the pentoprism.
Another odvontoge of fhrough-the-lens sighting
is thot the finder imoge is olwoys free from
porollox, even when supplementory lenses ore
used. Whqt you see, you tqke!
The focusing system shows cleorly in the view-
finder the point of shorpest definition by meons
of o split-imoge rongefinder ond ground gloss
screen, both coupled with the lens.
The stondord lens is the fomous Zeiss Tessor
f/2.8,50 mm. By exchonging the front element for
either the Pro-Tessor f/4,35 mm or the Pro-Tessor
f/4, 85 ffiffi, the complete lens is converted to o
wide-ongle or tele-lens respectively. The Steritor-B
stereo ottochment con olso be used os o front
element. All these interchongeoble elements ore
fitted with boyonet mounts. All opticol compo-
nents ore cooted ond colour corrected, ond yield
high-definition photogrophs in monochrome or
colour.
The Synchro-Compur Shutter, with deloyed oction
releose mechonism, is fully synchronized for
f losh ond hos o ronge of speeds f rom I to
1lsoo sec. ond o oB" setting for time exposures.