[rollei_list] Re: Zeiss SLRs
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 18:21:38 -0700
Well, the AE1 was aimed at the consumer market too. However, it sold well.
I am not familiar with the Zeiss SLRs, so please excuse me if I appear
ignorant here. WHat I remember years back was seeing some Z-I SLRwith
leaf shutter lenses that were interchangeable and had 1/500 secs top
speed. They were all slow like 50mm 2.8, 135mm F4 os something like
that.
All I remember is they were Zeiss and out of business. I canno
remember the Contarex. Perhaps that was a good camera, but I bet it
was not inexpensive.
Peter K
On 5/26/05, David Seifert <dseifert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter,
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> That is a quite unfair comparison. The Contaflex was squarely aimed at
> the consumer market. It had interchangeable front sections much like
> the Retina IIIc rangefinder camera. The rear group of the Tessar stayed
> in place behind the shutter and the front sections were replaced with
> either the 35 or 85 Pro-Tessars. Not pro grade at all, although very
> nicely finished cameras.
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> The Contarex was the be all and end all of the Z-I camera line. It had
> a focal plane shutter, instant-return mirror (interestingly though, not
> fully automatic diaphram). The lens line was complete (with many quite
> fast lenses), to say the least. The 85/1.4 Planar was originally
> produced for the Contarex. The Contarex lens line are the exact
> designs produced for the Rollei SL35 cameras. The third generation
> Contarex design was sold to Rollei at the end and became the SL2000. It
> wasn't any attachment to leaf shutters that kept Z-I from competing with
> Canon and Nikon, it was price and ergonomics.
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> For a full description I recommend Marc's book on the post war
> Zeiss-Ikon cameras.
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> David
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> Peter K. wrote:
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> >ContaFLEX. Not ContaREX
> >
> >On 5/26/05, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
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> >>From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:47 PM
> >>Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT - Bokken
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> >>>And hence the reason for no F2 in a CF lens since you are
> >>>limited by
> >>>leaf shutter. One reason Zeiss lost out in the SLR market
> >>>in the 70s
> >>>if you remember. Thay had great lense but they were very
> >>>slow next to
> >>>the Nikons and other because they all had leaf shutters in
> >>>them.
> >>>
> >>>Peter K
> >>>
> >>>
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