Anybody have a Contax I they would trust me with on loan?

[jimgalli]

I have a lens I want to have a "play" with before I move it along in the near future. Need a 1934 - ish Contax 1. Anyone?

 

[M-88]

I'm pretty sure any Contax rangefinder will do. Soviet knockoff Kiev 1-2-4 will also do, unless you specifically wish to test that Contax from 1934.

 

[guangong]

First models of Contax are for collectors, not users. As M88 noted, any later model Contax or Kiev will do.

 

[lantau]

Unless you have a prewar biogon. They don't fit the post war Contaxes, AFAIK. But the Kiew is based on the prewar models, so it should work.

 

[jimgalli]

Thanks all. I'm not a Contax guy, obviously, but the lens that I fell into is a 1934 fernobjectiv 50cm f8 with the flektoskop viewer. Not a collector and not my thing, but I'd like to have a play before I send it along where it likely will grace someone's collection.

 

[Kino]

Would the Kiev 4's permanently attached light meter interfere with this lens/viewer combo?

( as seen on Chris Sherlock's Retina Rescue page...) https://retinarescue.com/kiev4.html

 

[R.Gould]

Would the Kiev 4's permanently attached light meter interfere with this lens/viewer combo?

( as seen on Chris Sherlock's Retina Rescue page...) https://retinarescue.com/kiev4.html

I wouldnt think so, but there were many kiev's without lightmener. The Kiev 4 was with meter, the Kiev 4A was without a light meter

 

[guangong]

You will find a Flektoscop very awkward to work with, but the up side is that your lens-reflex combo is much coveted by Contax collectors. Good luck with your find.