At 04:57 AM 6/11/03, Moose wrote:
I don't believe there has been a leaf shutter 35 interchangeable lens RF
since the Zeiss Contaflex (Contax? Contarex?) and Retina Reflex, the
50-60s models with leaf shutter and rear elements fixed on the body and
front elements interchangable. All the others, living and dead, use focal
place shutters.You need an fp shutter of a leaf shutter built into the
body to keep the film from being exposed when the lens is changed.
More Zeiss Ikon RF and SLR Info:
Zeiss Ikon's Contax ('32-'45 and '49-'61):
The flagship RF with interchangeable lenses and vertical focal plane
shutter. The I, II and III were made prior to and during WWII
('32-'45). The IIa, IIa CD, IIIa and IIIa CD were the post-war redesigned
resurrection of the same RF that maintained the same concepts of the II and
III.
Contarex ('59-'72):
The post-war flagship SLR with focal plane shutter.
Contaflex prior to WWII ('35-'43):
The TLR "version" of a Contax with focal plane shutter.
Contaflex post WWII ('53-'72):
An SLR at the next tier down from the Contarex. This is the one you're
thinking of, with leaf shutter, and *some* models (not all) had
interchangeable front elements for the lenses. It *is* an SLR though, not
an RF.
-- John
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