Identifying older cameras

[tjaded]

Hi all--
I just recently picked up a Zeiss Ikon Contaflex and I was hoping to find out more about it, when this model was produced, etc. Does anyone know of a good source of info for these cameras? Here are a couple of photos of it:

 

[Erik Hartmann]

Try and look here:

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/

greetings from Erik

 

[spoof]

Does it have the auto-exposure ("A") setting? If so, it's a Contaflex Super B, made between 1963 to 1968.

henry

 

[goros]

Hello,
You could try here:
http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Cheers

 

[tjaded]

Yes, it's definitely a Super B. I was just hoping there was a website that could help me narrow it down a bit more via serial numbers or whatever. It's a pretty cool camera and the lenses are very sharp...best of all, it was cheap!

Does it have the auto-exposure ("A") setting? If so, it's a Contaflex Super B, made between 1963 to 1968.

henry

 

[Ed Matthew]

Some information from Lea's Register of 35mm SLR cameras:
Contaflex Super B - introduced 1962
Leaf shutter, Shutter preferred AE & non-metered manual exposure; mirror returns with film advance. Selenium cell, ISO5-650.
Bayonet mount for interchangeable front elements. Original price $259.

Ed