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Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B User manual
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Controlsandcomponentsof the c0NTAFtEXsuper l . R e l e o s e k n o b 9. Film speed setting 2 . F r o m e c o u n t e r 10. Eyeletsfor corrying 3 . R o p i d w i n d l e v e r strop 4. Accessory shoe IL Floshcontoct .l2.5. Window of exposure Shutterspeed set- m e t e r p o i n t e r ting knob .|3.5 . R e w i n d k n o b w i t h Focusingknob c o u n t e r s u n k c r o n k 14. Locking powl for 7. Filn type indicotor front elementof lens .|5.8 . L i g h t s e l e c t o r d i s c Lock for flosh leverView original page 4
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quickly os possible. Further, we wont to show you how to use this precision comero to obtoin pictureswhich will give you losting pleosure ond moke you cherish your CONTAFLEXsuper for yeors. Even under owkword conditions the CONTAFLEX super will provide you with good pictures. For this purpose the CONTAFLEXsuper hos been used os o bosis of o reol coNTAFLEX-System,with o lorge ronge of useful occessories. Before reoding further, turn out the inner leoves of ihe cover for further reference ond proctise operoting the vorious controls ond levers before looding the comero. Ploy oround o while with your CONTAFLEXsuper, toke imoginory pictures without o film ond get generolly fomilior with your beoutiful comero. You'll soon hove the necessory knock of operoting it properly. lf you ore in doubt, do nol hesitoie to osk your photo-deoler for odvice. The picture on poge 2 wos token with the CONTAFLEX on,'f70 DIN film, f 4,11125 sec.View original page 6
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The technical data of the C0NTAFLEXsuper
Type of comerq: Single-lens minioiure reflex
comero.
Formol: 24 x36 ffiffi, Cortridges or
cossettes lor 20 ond 36 ex-
posures con be used.
Film odvonce: Ropid lever wind, opens
diophrogm, tensionsthe shut-
ter ond odvonces the film.
Double exposuresond blonks
excluded.
Shutler: Synchro-Compur, dusiproof
when chonging lenses,shut-
ler speeds "8", 1-11500sec.
- "X" ond "M" synchronised
flosh contoct. Built-in deloy-
ed oction device running
for 8 seconds.Spring-looded
pre-selectordiophrogm.
Lens: zElss TESSARf 12.8,50 mm os
stondord lens. Front element
interchongeoblef or:
PRO-TESSARIl4, 85 mm (tele 4
lens).
PRO-TESSARJ|4,35 mm (wide-
ongle lens).
P R O - T E S SMA lR: l
ZEISSPrism Monoculor 8 x 30
B (os comero ottochment e-
quivolent lo f114, 400 mm
tele-lens).
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STERITAR-Bstereo'ottochment
for distonces from infinity
to 8 feet.
Close-up STERITAR-Bfor dis-
tonces from 8 feet to 26 ins.
Automqtic Coupled to the shutter.Com-
expos'ure pensoted for temperoture
conlrol: voriolions. Indicotion oc-
cording to zero-method,vis-
ible on the comero body or
in the viewfinder.
'#ry# Rongefinder: Two different indicoiors:
split-imoge rongefinder ond
fine screen ring.
Viewfinder: Reflected imoge through the
toking lens completely free
from porollox no motter
which lens is used. Upright
ond loterolly correct imoge
of olmosl nolurol size by
meons of o mirror ond o
pentoprism. Fresnel lens
mokes the imoge bright ond
shorp right up to the edges.
Generql Frome counter - film type
feolures: indicotor - filter corrector -
occessory shoe - semi-outo-
moiic film unlocking for re-
winding - rewind knob with
countersunk cronk - zElSs
PROXARlenses for close-ups
down to 31/zins.
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The specialfeaturesof the
G0NTAFLEXsuper
These speciol feotures ore its built-in ond cou-
pled light ond distonce meosuring instruments.
By coupling this meosuring equipment io the
lens ond the shutter the operotion of the comero
hos been outomotized in o very high degree.
Once the dislonce is meosured, lhe lens is cor-
rectly focused on the subiect no motter which
lens is used.
The light selector disc of lhe outomotic exposure
control is then operoted with one finger which
couses o pointer inside the viewfinder to coin-
cide with o definite mork. Once this is done the
shutter is set outomoticolly. The only thing io do
is lo select the operlure/shutter speed poiring
most suiioble for the subiect to be photogrophed.
The exposure meter, by the woy, is the result
of twenty yeors of experience in moking expo-
sure melers. The firsl comero ever to incorporote
o built-in exposure meter wos o ZEISSIKON
comero !
The spring looded pre-selectordiophrogm keeps
the iris diophrogm olwoys ot f ull operture for sight-
ing, no motter which operture it is set to for tok-
ing. The moment the releose knob is depressed,
the iris oulomoticolly springs to the stop chosen
beforehond. This feolure ensures o bright finder
imoge even under poor lighting condifions'
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When you hove mode the ocquointonce of the
whole CONTAFLEXsystem,you'll be delighted by
the lorge bright viewfinder imoge, which is ol-
woys f ree f rom porollox no motter which inter-
chongeobleconverter lens you use or how close
you opprooch your subject.
Loadingand unloadingthe camera
0pening
The CONTAFLEXsuper should be held in the left
hond, with the lens pointing downwords qs shown
in fig. l. The locking keys (17 ond 20) ot the bot-
tom of the comero should be folded outwords
with the right hond ond turned to the right or to
the left respectively.Now the bock is unlocked.
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F i g s . 2 , 3W i t h y o u r l e f t t h u m b p u s h t h e b o c k o f t h e c o m e r o
downwords (fig. 2) ond lift it off with the right
hond (fig. 3.)
Loading
T o l o o d t h e c o m e r o t o k e o s t o n d o r d c o m m e r c i o l
c o r t r i d g e o f m i n i o t u r e f i l m , f o r 2 0 o r 3 6 e x p o - 1 0
s u r e s . F i r s t s e c u r e t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t l r e f l l m i n
t h e l o r g e r s l o t o f t h e t o k e - u p s p o o l b y h o o k i n g
o n e p e r f o r o t i o n h o l e o v e r t h e s m o l l l r g , w h i c l r
w i l l h o l d i t i n p l o c e . W e l e o v e i t t o y o u w h e t h e r
t o h o l d t h e c o r t r i d g e i n y o u r h o n d , o S s h o w n i n
f i g . 4 o r p l o c e i t i m m e d i o t e l yi n t h e c o m e r o o s i n
f i g . 5 . T r y b o t h w o y s o n d c h o o s e t h e m o s t c o n -
venient for you. The film is now flxed to the
Figs.4, 5
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t o k e - u ps p o o l .T h e c o r t r i d g eo n d t h e t o k e - u p s p o o l
should then be inserted into the two film chom-
b e r s o s s h o w n i n f l g . 5 . l t i s o g o o d p l o n t o l o o k
oi the two prongs f or the f eeding o nd the to ke-
u p m e c h o n i s m i n t h e f i l m c h o m b e r s s i n c e t h i s
w i l l c o n v e y t o y o u i m m e d i o t e l yi n w h i c h w o y t h e
two spools must be inserted. Now wind the film
on to the toke-up spool (bV rototing the lotter
m o n u o l l y ) u n t i l t h e p e r f o r o t i o n so f t h e f i l m e n -
goge the teeth of the tronsport sprocket on both
s i d e s ( f i g . 6 ) . W h i l s t h o l d i n g t h e f i l m i n c o n t o c t
with the sprocketwith the thumb of the left hond
so thot the teeth remoin engoged with the per-
forotions, the comero bocl< should be reploced
by lowering it into the grooves of the comero
11 from obove (fig. 7). Then slide it bock into the
comero body. Turn the locl<ingkeys on lhe bose
i n t h e o p p o s i t e d i r e c t i o n so n d f o l d t h e m u p . T h e
keys con be folded only when the bock is properly
i n p o s i t i o n .
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Ready for action
After looding, the comero is not quite reody for
i m m e d i o t e o c t i o n . T h e r o p i d w i n d l e v e r ( f i g . 8 )
should be swung oround with your right thumb
until it butts ogoinst the stop. Do this twice,
but ofter eoch movement of the ropid wind lever
releosethe shutterby depressingthe releoseknob
('l)so os to wind the fogged leoder film on to the
toke-up spool.
As the film is wound on, the rewind knob (6)
should rotote in the opposite direction to the
engroved orrow: this indicotes thot the film is
being odvonced properly. When using bulk film
(see "Cossettes") or 20-exposure cortridges, the
t u r n s o f t h e f i l m m o y p o r t i o l l y u n w i n d ; i n t h i s
cose the rewind knob will not rotote when the 12
first fromes ore odvonced. In this cqse unfold the
smo| ! cro n k (countersun k into the rewind knob)
ond turn it in the direction of the orrow until o
distinct resistonceis felt (fig. 17).This is olso o
relioble indicotion whether there is ony film ot
o l l i n t h e c o m e r o .
The CONTAFLEXsuper hos q frome counter which
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Figs.9, l0
s h o w st h e f r o m e s r e m o i n i n g( f i g . 9 ) .A f t e r l o o d i n g
set the white mork to the red mork between I
ond 36, if you hove o cortridge for 36 exposures
in your comero. With o 20 exposure cortridge
set the white mork to the red mork between 20
ond 25. Cock the shutter twice ond releose it
ofter eoch movementof the ropid wind lever. The
white mork is then opposite 36 ond/or 20 ond will
i n d i c o t et h e n u m b e r o f f r o m e s o v o i l o b l e .
The speed of the film in use should then be
13 tronsferred to the outomotic exposure control of
the comero. Press the speed scole in the light
selector disc (fig. l0) inwords ond turn it until
the figure ASA required coincideswith the block
stroke. Setting the type of film ond its speed on
the film type indicotor is not essentiol for the
functioning of the CONTAFLEXsuper, but it moy
prove o useful reminder for you.
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F i g s .1 2 , 1 3
Cassettes
The CONTAFLEXsuper con olso be used with
cossettes.The film con be wound from o com-
merciol cortridge into o cossette,from o cossette
into onother cossetteor from o cortridg.eor cos- U
sette on the normol toke-up spool without ony
shell. when using cossettesthe type of film con
be chonged of ony time, even in brood doylight'
This connot be done, however, when you use one
cossette (or cortridge) on the feeding side only
ond tronsport the exposed film to on open toke-
up spool. With two cossettesor one cossette (on
t h e t o k e - u p s i d e ) o n d o c o r t r i d g e ( o n t h e f e e d i n g
side),yoU con open the bocl<of the cqmero ofter
ony number of exposureson one type of film (soy,
block-ond-whitefilm). To protect the lost expo-
sures,you should further expose two blonks ond
only then open the comero. when you turn the
locking key to open the comero you olso close
the cosssettesoutomoticolly.When you now lood
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Figs.14,15
t h e c o m e r o w i t h o c o l o u r f i l m o n d w i n d i t i n t o o
second cossette,you con olso return the blocl<-
o n d - w h i i e f l l m t o t h e c o m e r o o f o n y t i m e o n d
vrce versq.
When working f rom cossetie to cossette, the
1trr r . , feeding cossettecon be looded with dorkroom or d o y l i g h t r e f i l l s o r w i t h b u l k f i l m W i t h t w o c o s - .
settes,there is no need to rewind the film. When
using bu ll< fi lm, the method of fixing the fi lm to
ihe feeding spool depends on whether you wont
to rewind the film or not. lf you wont to rewind
the film ofter exposure, threod the shoped end
of the film (fig. 13) twice into the centre slot of
t h e s p o o l ; i f y o u d o n o t i n t e n d t o r e w i n d , h o o k
the first perforotion hole of the obliquely cut be-
g i n n i n g o f t h e f i l m o n t h e l u g o s s h o w n i n f i 9 . 1 4 -
A f t e r w i n d i n g t h e f i l m o n t h e s p o o l , i n s e r t t h e
f u l l s p o o l w i t h i t s m i l l e d k n o b f i r s t i n t o t h e i n n e r
shell of the cossette ond push the outer shell
over it. The leoder of the film should then pro-
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s h e l l s .N o w t u r n t h e i n n e r o n d o u t e r s h e l l o g o i n s t
eoch other until they snop in ond lock. The Ger-
mon word "Zv" (closed)will then oppeor. When
insertingthe cossettesinto the film chqmber of the
comero, ffioke sure thot the locoting coms of the
cossettes engoge properly in the oppropriote
g r o o v e s o f t h e c o m e r o b o d y ( f i g . l 5 ) . T u r n i n g
the locking keys of the comero bock outomoti-
colly opens or closesthe cossettes.
Every cossette is supplied in o specioI plostic
contoiner, the lid of which hos o smoll recess.
The lid con be fitted in two positions.When stor-
ing on exposed film in the contoiner, fit the lid
in such o woy thot the morking "EXP" (exposed)
i s v i s i b l e i n t h e r e c e s s .
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U n loading
lf the comero is looded with o stondord commer-
ciol cortridge, the film must be rewound before
u n l o o d i n g . F o r t h i s p u r p o s e o n e o f t h e l o c k i n g
keys on the bock, the one morked " R", is folded
Figs.16,17up ond set ogoinst "R" os shown in fig. 16- Fold
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o u t t h e c o u n t e r s u n kc r o n k f r o m t h e r e w i n d k n o b
(6, fig.17) ond turn it in the direction of the orrow
17 until the film is rewound into the feed cortridge.
Then remove the bock ond toke out the cortridge.
Dust or film porticles left inside the comero
s h o u l d b e r e m o v e d i m m e d i o t e l y .
Settingthe distance
The comero is now looded ond reody for oction.
When you sight your first subiect through the
viewflnder you will see in the centre of the finder
imoge o circulor oreq which is divided into two
holves.The circulor oreo is surrounded by o fine
screen ring. These two indicotors, o split-imoge
rongefinder ond o flne screen focusing ring, en-
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Split-image rangefinder
I n m o s t c o s e s f o c u s i n g w i l l b e p e r fo r m e d b y
u s i n g t h e s p l i t - i m o g er o n g e f l n d e r .l f y o u s i g h t o n 1 B
obiect through the viewflnder ond operote the
focusing device (.l3, fi9. lB), you will observe
thot the two imoges, seporoted f rom eoch other
by o thin line, move in opposite directions (fig.
l 9 ) . T h e d i s t o n c e i s c o r r e c t l y s e t w h e n t h e t w o
p o r t i o l i m o g e s o r e e x o c t l y o l i g n e d o n d f o r m o n e
Figs.2l ,22
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single undistorted imoge (fig. 20). lt is odvisoble
to look for o shorp perpendiculor line within the
subiect,o tree or the edge of o house, on which
the correct olignment should be checked.When
ioking upright pictures (fig.22), o horizontol line
should be chosen.
Ground-glassscreen focusing
There ore subiects, however, which hove no dis-
tinct verticol lines - soy, o wide exponse of
woler - for your split-imoge rongefinder to work
on; or the subiect moy be moving too ropidly.
Then the fine screen ring should be used for
focusing in the some woy o normol ground-gloss
.A screen is used.lu Both meihods of focusing ore equolly good ond
which to choose depends solely on the noture of
the subiect.
lf you wont to ioke flosh pictures ond wish to
colculote the necessorystop with the oid of the
guide number for your floshbulb or unit, the
flosh-subiect distonce con be reod off from the
distonce scole (21)on your CONTAFLEXsuper.
Depth-of-field scale
Generolly you will focus without even o glonce
ot the distonce scole. The ouiomotion of your
CONTAFLEXsuper mokes it unnecessory to know
ihe octuol distonce.Thereore coses however,when
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chosen,po rticulo rly when the importqnt detoils
of the picture ore stoggered in depth. When
looking ot the scoles(2.|)ond (221of your comero,
you will see thot there is o double-scoleopposite
the distoncescole showing the ronge of f/num-
bers to the left ond the right of the d istonce
setting mork. From this depth-of-fieldscole the
stop required con be reod off.
The shorp definitionof the lens is not limited to
obiects of the exoct focused distonce,but olso
covers o certoin ronge neorer ond forther from
this point.Thiszone of shorpnessis comporotively
smoll qt full operture (fl2.B),but increosesos the
lens is stoppeddown. This is to be seen on the
scole of fig. 23. An operture of f 14 will iust cover 20 the zone from 7'to l0'while on opertureof fl22
will be found to cover the zone f rom obout 4'6"
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l lo infinity. A depth-of-field toble showing the
vorious shorpness zones for eoch operture hos I
been given on poge 4.|. Now meosure wiih your
CONTAFLEXthe shoriest ond the forthest distonce I of the most importont ports of the piclure to be
token, thot is lo soy, the zone which sholl be l
reproduced shorply. The requisiie operture con !1
be reod off from fhe depth-of-field scole ond set !
ogoinst the operiure scole (23).
Measuringthe light
Theshutterspeedring
beorso scole (24)with two seriesof figures,
21 which ore seporoted from eoch olher by the
letter "B". The figures to the right of "8" denote
froctions of o second (60 : 1/60 sec., etc.). lf,
ofter meosuring the light, the lens is slopped
down until the shutter speed indicotor points to
"8", on exposure time of 2 seconds will be re'
quired. The series of green figures to lhe left of
"B" denotes ihe exposure time required in full
seconds. When set lo o green figure lhe shutter
will operote os if set to "8": il opens when the
releose knob (1) is depressed ond closes only
when the pressureon the knob is reloxed.
It is recommended, bui not obsolutely necessory
thot the light meosurement is performed when
the shutter is tensioned.
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The automatic exposurecontrol
Since the setting of the film speed indicotor (9)
hos o lreody been performed when the co mero
wos looded, the outomotic exposure control is
reody f or ociion. Point the comero towords the
subiect ond observe the pointer deflection in the
window on top of the comero body (fig. 2q. The
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on the exposure meter window on the body ond
on the shutter-speed setling mork indicote in
which direction the setting should be corrected.
lf the pointer must deflect in the direction of the
orrow to reoch the circulor mork, the shuiterspeed
setting ring should olso be iurned in the direction
of the yellow orrow ond vice verso. You need
not worry if the operture scole (which rototes
outomoticolly in the opposite direction) soon
reochesits finol volue, you continue turning.
This pre-selection of the shuiter speed con be
estimoted roughly, since it is olmosl olwoys pos-
sible to correct it occurotely for six operture .,a's stops by meons of the light selector disc (fig. 10).
However, you should select full volues only, not
intermediote volues. lf you now sight your sub-
iect through ihe viewfinder, you will see the re-
flected pointer on the right in the viewfinder.
Turning the light selector disc (8) will move the
pointer to the setting mork in lhe cenlre of ihe
recess. This is the correct setting which is outo-' roticolly ironsferred to the shutfer; now you cqn
toke the piciure.,j
I lt is o gogd ideo, however, to compore lhe
' previouslyset operlure/shutterspeed poiring with
the requirementsof the picture, After moking the
light meosurementyou con select the most suit-
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