Contarex Special

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Contarex Special with
interchangeable finders
image by Michael Khan (Image rights)

The Contarex Special from Zeiss Ikon is a focal-plane shutter SLR launched in 1960, derived from the original Contarex I. Unlike that model it offers interchangeable prism or waist-level finders and two types of focusing screens (ground glass and split prism). Like the Contarex I, a small wheel for the user's right index finger adjusts the aperture; however this model lacks any built-in exposure meter.

Zeiss Ikon's interchangeable film magazines were introduced after this model's debut[1] but could be used with the Special.

Notes

  1. ↑ Here is a may, 1962, advertisement in Popular Photography (Vol. 50, No. 5; page 5).

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