Reclaimed ' Kontax '

[paul'dee'dowling]

Here are my reclaimed Kiev/Contaxes created by ex-Arsenal Techs in Ukraine .

The tan and silver Contax was a wreck . They sorted it with all original parts and removed the broken self timer . The silver effect is simply removing the black paint and laquer .

The black Contax was a box of bits with new old stock Kiev shutter and full restoration .

The impossible Contax / Kiev 4 has a scrap 1937 Contax III body with 1957 Kiev 4 meter and controls .
The impossible KneB is a 1956 Kiev III with early body with foot with another 1957 top plate and spare KneB fascia . I love the Kiev 4 style but not the revised body.

All work exquisitely of course .

 

[paul'dee'dowling]

I forgot to say that, with donors , the total cost was £150 each plus another £150 for a fully sorted Contax III which needed another donor Contax III to fix the meter , hence the spare body .