[rollei_list] Re: Contarex (was: Leica and Contax)
- From: Ardeshir Mehta <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 22:52:42 -0400
Thanks, Marc, for confirming what I have always thought. I have never
used a Contarex but always thought they - especially the "Cyclops" or
"Bullseye" models - were great.
On Sunday, April 3, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Marc James Small wrote:
> The Contarex actually was the ultimate mechanical camera: very few
> Cyclops ever break down, and the Contarex lens line will probably
> remain as the ultimate in miniature-format film photography. The
> cameras were disgustingly expensive to build and Zeiss invented the
> motto that so many of us who used to work camera shows used to prate:
> "I lose money on every deal, but I make up for it in volume". Zeiss
> Ikon lost incredible sums of money on the Contarex just to maintain
> the senior end of the professional market that they rapidly overcame
> the relatively good incomes they were making on the Contaflex,
> Contessa, and, later, on the Icarex lines.
>
> I own a Cyclops and a Super Black, and love them both, as they are
> most worthy cameras. However, short of winning the lottery, I am
> forced to use only a small collection of lenses, albeit I do have a
> Contarex T-adapter which allows me to use my cameras on my Questar and
> APO-Televid for some nifty telephoto shots.
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