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| − | Contessa was the name given to a family of cameras produced by [Zeiss Ikon] in Stuttgart between 1950-1955 and 1960-1971. | + | Contessa was the name given to a family of cameras produced by [[Zeiss Ikon]] in Stuttgart between 1950-1955 and 1960-1971. |
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| − | At the end of the life of the Zeiss Ikon company, two veyr innovative cameras branding he name contessa came to life, S310 and S312. These cameras were developed by [Voigtlander] and after the merger of the two companies came to the market under the Contessa S-31x and the Voigtlander VF-101 name simultaneously | + | At the end of the life of the Zeiss Ikon company, two veyr innovative cameras branding he name contessa came to life, S310 and S312. These cameras were developed by [[Voigtlander]] and after the merger of the two companies came to the market under the Contessa S-31x and the Voigtlander VF-101 name simultaneously |
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Revision as of 13:49, 1 December 2007
Zeiss Ikon Contessa
Contessa was the name given to a family of cameras produced by Zeiss Ikon in Stuttgart between 1950-1955 and 1960-1971.
Folding Contessa
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| Contessa 35, a folder |
Produced between 1950-1955 it was a high end 35mm folding camera with catalog number 533/24. Fitted with a 45mm/2.8 Tessar lens, which performs great even by today standards. The first Folding Contessa was produced between 1950-53 and had a Compur Rapid shutter and the second version 1953-55 a Synchro-Compur (1-500+B)
| Zeiss Nbr | Model | Years | Lens | Shutter | Notes |
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| 533/24 | 35 | 1950-1953 | f2.8 45mm Tessar | Compur Rapid | X synch, folding |
| 533/24 | 35 | 1953-1955 | f2.8 45mm Tessar | Synchro Compur | MX synch, folding |
The non-folding Contessas
Between 1960-1970 the name was used again for a family of non-folding cameras that included Contessa, Contessamatic and Contessamat. Initially the same name and catalog number was used, but later it was changed to a new catalog number The letter E (entfernungsmesser) was added to the name of the cameras to indicate the presence of a rangefinder
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| Zeiss Ikon Contessamatic (one of the non-folding contessas) |
At the end of the life of the Zeiss Ikon company, two veyr innovative cameras branding he name contessa came to life, S310 and S312. These cameras were developed by Voigtlander and after the merger of the two companies came to the market under the Contessa S-31x and the Voigtlander VF-101 name simultaneously
| Zeiss Nbr | Model | Years | Lens | Shutter | Notes |
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| 533/24 | 35 | 1960-1961 | f2.8 50mm Tessar | Prontor | range finder |
| 10.0639 | LBE | 1965-1967 | f2.8 50mm Tessar | Prontor 500 LK | range finder |
| 10.0637 | LK | 1963-1965 | f2.8 50mm Tessar | Prontor 500 LK | view finder |
| 10.0638 | LKE | 1963-1965 | f2.8 50mm Tessar | Prontor 500 LK | similar to LK but with range finder |
| Contessamatic | 1960-1961 | f2.8 50mm Tessar | Prontor SLK | viewfinder | |
| 10.0645 | Contessamatic E | 1960-1963 | f2.8 50mm Tessar | Pr SLK Spezial | range finder |
| 10.0351 | S-310 | 1971 | f2.8 40mm Tessar | Prontor 500 S | viewfinder |
| 10.0354 | S-312 | 1971 | f2.8 40mm Tessar | Prontor 500 S | similar to S-310 but with range finder |
| Contessamat | 1964-1965 | f2.8 45mm Color Pantar | Prontormatic | viewfinder | |
| 10.0652 | Contessamat SBE | 1963-1967 | f2.8 50mm Tessar | P-matic 500SL | rangefinder |
| 10.0654 | Contessamat SE | 1963-1965 | f2.8 45mm Color Pantar | Prontormatic 500 | rangefinder |
| Contessamat STE | 1965 | f2.8 50mm Tessar | P-matic 500SL | rangefinder |
References
link Stephen Gandy's Notes on the Contessa 35
link Model List of all Zeiss Ikon 35mm cameras by Clayton Rye
