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It was a Retina IB 019/11 (w. bright-line finder and lightmeter).

I do not remember ever seeing any model Retina at a fleamarket over here...
 
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So, the American pronunciation of that little Zeiss camera is:
KON-tin-nah and their bigger folder is an EYE-kon-tah ?
 

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So, the American pronunciation of that little Zeiss camera is:
KON-tin-nah and their bigger folder is an EYE-kon-tah ?

True confession. That is how I would pronounce them. I just bought a Contina (probably non-functional)- how should I pronounce it, kone-teena"?
 
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True confession. That is how I would pronounce them. I just bought a Contina (probably non-functional)- how should I pronounce it, kone-teena"?

I would pronounce it so it rhymes with the way you say Retina.
 

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I cannot imagine people from the South and the North pronouncing the "o" in Contax differently, even in dialect.
 
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