zeiss ikon

[kabory]

Picked up a 1961 Zeiss ikon 35 mm at a estate sale today. Don't know much about it. Was told it was the first point and shoot camera. Anyone have any info you can share Shot some black and white film today ISO setting is 320
was using ilford Delta 400

 

[Derrel]

Is it a Contaflex? I had one of those with a 45mm f/2.8 Pantar lens, selenium light meter coupled to the f/stop and shutter speed RINGS, which were located concentric with the lens, a la the old Hasselblad style...it has a weird ultra-clear viewfinder screen in it, VERY bright, with NO FOCUSING possible on the outer parts of the viewfinder's ultra-clear image. The focusing was a small maybe 4mm diameter split image rangefinder and narrow 8mm microprism doughnut. It was for all intents and purposed, kind of a "point and shoot" 35mm SLR made in the late 1950's/early 1960's.

Can you snap a pic and post it, so we van ID the camera?

 

[kabory]

Is it a Contaflex? I had one of those with a 45mm f/2.8 Pantar lens, selenium light meter coupled to the f/stop and shutter speed RINGS, which were located concentric with the lens, a la the old Hasselblad style...it has a weird ultra-clear viewfinder screen in it, VERY bright, with NO FOCUSING possible on the outer parts of the viewfinder's ultra-clear image. The focusing was a small maybe 4mm diameter split image rangefinder and narrow 8mm microprism doughnut. It was for all intents and purposed, kind of a "point and shoot" 35mm SLR made in the late 1950's/early 1960's.
Can you snap a pic and post it, so we van ID the camera?

 

[dots]

Max shutter speed 1/1300sec. That's nice!