A real classic...
The Contaflex 35mm twin-lens reflex of 1935, one of the most expensive cameras of its day and the first camera to include a built-in photo-electric light-meter - the cell is behind the flip-up name-plate. It briefly preceded the first 35mm SLR, the Exakta (1936). Interchangeable taking lenses were available ranging from 35mm (with a special finder) through the 85mm and 135mm focal lengths (there were markings on the ground glass to show the appropriate crop). I believe I saw a wide-angle and a tele adapter, both of which sported a viewing and a taking lens, many years ago at a Vienna camera dealer's. Behind the camera we see the original repair manual.
Seen at Galerie Westlicht in Vienna, where I was viewing the World Press Photo Awards.
I apologise for a smart-phone shot, but I can't resist posting this for my flickr friends!
A real classic...
The Contaflex 35mm twin-lens reflex of 1935, one of the most expensive cameras of its day and the first camera to include a built-in photo-electric light-meter - the cell is behind the flip-up name-plate. It briefly preceded the first 35mm SLR, the Exakta (1936). Interchangeable taking lenses were available ranging from 35mm (with a special finder) through the 85mm and 135mm focal lengths (there were markings on the ground glass to show the appropriate crop). I believe I saw a wide-angle and a tele adapter, both of which sported a viewing and a taking lens, many years ago at a Vienna camera dealer's. Behind the camera we see the original repair manual.
Seen at Galerie Westlicht in Vienna, where I was viewing the World Press Photo Awards.
I apologise for a smart-phone shot, but I can't resist posting this for my flickr friends!