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Post by alexkerhead on Apr 17, 2008 1:42:23 GMT -5
I finally got me one of them big fancy contaflex supers.  Here are a couple of pics of it.   |
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Post by olroy2044 on Apr 17, 2008 11:49:00 GMT -5
Alex-ur going to get me in trouble!  I've wanted another Contaflex for a long time. Now you show pix of that beautiful example----A-A-R-R-G-H  ;D Roy |
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Post by alexkerhead on Apr 17, 2008 12:45:15 GMT -5
Alex-ur going to get me in trouble! I've wanted another Contaflex for a long time. Now you show pix of that beautiful example----A-A-R-R-G-H ;D Roy Note the perfectly machined parts, and the lovely cursive on the shutter module...Drool |
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Post by PeterW on Apr 17, 2008 15:44:22 GMT -5
Hi Alex, I've had a Contaflex IV for about 18 years, sightly older than yours, with a knob wind, and not quite so pristine as yours looks.  I had a lever wind Super but the shutter slow speeds started dragging and I did a swap with another collector for a Retina IIa with f/2 Xenon lens that needed the rangefinder realigning vertically. I reckon it took him longer to get inside and CLA the Contaflex shutter than it did for me to fix the Retina's rangefinder. I seldom use my Contaflex now although it's a very nice smooth camera to use, and beautifully made. I like the feel of the compact weight of it. I haven't got any other Pro-Tessar front elements, and as they're now fetching more than a lot of very decent focal plane shuttered SLR lenses I can't really see myself sporting out on any - unless of course one falls into my lap for a pittance. The only gripe I had with using my Contaflex was the EV linked speed and aperture shutter. Yes, you can swap around speeds and apertures and still keep the same exposure value which is fine for general shots on a day out, but when I encountered varying light conditions and backlighting the little serrated catch for altering the setting was, I found, too sharp and too fiddling with cold fingers. Same applies to all EV leaf shutters. I prefer the speed and aperture rings to be independent on a leaf shutter. PeterW |
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Post by nikonbob on Apr 17, 2008 19:52:25 GMT -5
Yea one sweet looking camera for sure. You can add my name to the list of people wanting one.
Bob
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I've wanted another Contaflex for a long time. Now you show pix of that beautiful example----A-A-R-R-G-H 
;D Roy
