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II{STRUCTION BOOK
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of the Gontafler
Gontrols lV
1 Film wind knob B Knob operoting exposure
meter flop
2 Frome counter
9 Ey e l e ts fo r c orryi ng strop
3 Sh u t t er :r eleos e k n o b
l0 Distoncesetting scole
4 P o i n t e r o f e x p o s u r em e t e r l 1 F o c u s i n gk n o b s
5 Exoos ur e m et er c o mp u to r 1 2 S y n c h r o - l e v e rf o r f l o s h
disc ond, deloyed-oction
me c n o nrs m
6 F i l m s p e e ds e t t i n g k n o b
13 Setting mork for distonce,
7 Rewind knob o p e r t u r e o n d s h u t t e rs p e e d
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TheContaflex
lV
mode by Zeiss lkon AG. Stuttgort, combines oll
the odvontoges of the two most populor types
of comero: minioture ond reflex. Behind this
ochievement lie yeors of experience in the
monufocture of precision comeros. The Conto-
flex wos originolly designed for the odvonced
omoteur, but its omozing versotility hos ropidly
m o d e i t i n d i s p e n s o b l et o p r o f e s s i o n o l , s c i e n t i f i c
ond technicol photogrophers.
We connot promise the impossible: but we do
boosi thot ihe Contoflex lV is fitted with every
c o n c e i v o b l e s o f e g u o r d t o e n s u r e t h e s u c c e s so f
your pictures. The built-in Zeiss lkon Ropid
phoio-electric exposure meter, completely enclos-
ed in the comero body for moximum protection,
gives relioble exposure figures for oll films,
i n c l u d i n g c o l o u r . T w o c o u p l e d r o n g e fi n d e r
systems ensure occurote focusing of the world-
fomed Zeiss Tessor f/2.8 lens, with oll iis inter-
chongeoble converter units. The lorge, cleor
viewfinder imoge is unoffected by porollox ot
even the shortest distonces. The Contoflex is o
ropid oction comero, thonks to the ingenious
outomotic coupling of mony operotions. With
the extensive ronge of Contoflex occessories ot
your disposol (seethe lost poges of this booklet),
there is virtuolly no limit to ihe foscinoting
subiects you con sofely cover.
So thot you con get the best out of your Conto-
flex ond enioy the pleosures of corefree photo-
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The picture inside the f ront cover wos token with the
C o n i o f l e xo g o i n s t t h e l i g h t ; e x p o s u r e 1 ' t i os e c o f f i 5 6 .
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Contaflex
lV features
The lorge, bright finder shows the finol picture
in olmost nolurol size right up to the moment
o f e x p o s u r e .T h e b u i l t - i n F r e s n e l l e n s r e n d e r s o
finder imoge thot is bright even in the corners;
furthermore, it is seen ot eye-level, upright ond
the righi woy round, thonks to the pentoprism.
A n o t h e r o d v o n l o g e o f t h r o u g h - t h e - l e n ss i g h t i n g
is thot the finder imoge is olwoys free from
porollox, even when supplementory lenses ore
used. Whqt you see, you toke!
The built-in Zeiss lkon Ropid photo-electric ex-
posuremeler correctly indicotes exposure settings
even in poor light. Zeiss lkon's twenty yeors of
experience in moking exposure meters ensure
its unfoiling occurocy.
The focusing system shows cleorly in the view-
finder the point of shorpestdefinition by meons
of o split-imoge rongefinder ond ground gloss
screen,boih coupled with the lens.
The stondord lens is the fomous Zeiss Tessor
f/2.8,50 mm. By exchonging the front element for
either the Pro-Tessor f/4, 35 mm or the Pro-
Tessor f/4, 85 mm, the complete lens is converted
t o o w i d e - o n g l e o r t e l e - l e n s r e s p e c t i v e l y .T h e
Steritor-B stereo ottochment con olso be used
os o front element. All these interchongeoble
elements ore fitted with boyonet mounts. All
opticol components ore cooted ond colour
corrected, ond yield high-definition photogrophs
in monochrome or colour.
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the Camera
Handling
the exposure
Measuring
Beforetokingo picture,you shoulddetermine
the exposure volue, using ihe built-in photo-
electric exposure meter (FiS. I ), which gives
occurote reodings even in ihe poorest light, for
block-ond-white or colour film, both negotive
ond reversql.
First set the speed of the film in use. Turn the
inner disc by meons of the smoll knob (6) until
the speed of the film in use qppeors opposite
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GonYersion
Table
of the mosl commonly used film-speed roting syslems
5 20 l3 4
6 21 t4 5
8 22 l5 6
t0 23 16 8
12 24 17 t0
't6
) 16 25 't8
12 17
20 26 l9 l6 l8
25 27 20 20 l9
32 28 2l 24 20
40 29 22 32 21
50 30 23 40 22
64 3l 24 50 23
80 32 25 64 24
100 33 26 80 25
125 u 27 100 26
160 35 28 12s 27
2@ 36 29 160 28
250 37 30 200 29
320 38 3l 250 30
yalue
Settingthe exposure
By pressing knob (.|7) towords the body of the
comero, the odiocent red dot con be moved
until it coincideswith the desired volue on the
red exposure volue scole (.|9) (see Fig. 2). lt is
olso possible to set holf exposure volues.
As the ring with fhe red dot con only be moved
through o limited rodius, it will sometimes be
necessory to move the operiure shutter speed
setting ring ('18)os well, in order to set the
exposurevolue required.
By setting the exposure volue, the diophrogm
ond shutter speed selector mechonisms ore
coupled. The omount of light necessory for
correct exposure is controlled by the lens open-
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Fis. 2
ing (operture or f/number) ond the time the
film is exposed to light (shutter speed). The
exposure volue obtoined, which con be reod
off f rom the setting mork (.|3) (see Fig. 3), re-
p r e s e n t so d e f i n i t e o m o u n t o f l i g h t , t h o t r e m o i n s
the some no motter whqt f/number or shutter
speed is chosen. lf, qfter hoving determined
ond set the exposure volue, the shutter speed
setting ring (18) is turned to o higher or lower
v o f u e ( 2 0 ) ,t h e l e n s o p e r t u r e ( 2 1 ) w i l l b e o u t o -
m o t i c o l l y r e - o d i u s t e dt o g i v e t h e s o m e e x p o s u r e .
The shutter speed is likewise re-odiusted outo-
moticollywhen the operture is chonged.
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Fis.3
is moving, ond if so, how ropidly. The foster
t h e s u b i e c t - m o v e m e n t ,t h e s h o r t e r s h o u l d b e
the exposure time. The block figures on scole
(20)denote froctions of seconds (60 meonsl/eoth
second, etc.). When set to the green "8", the
s h u t t e r w i l l r e m o i n o p e n o s fo n g o s t h e r e l e o s e
knob (3) remoins depressed(see poge 20).The
green f igures denote f ull seconds, os on the
computor disc of the exposure meter, ond con-
n o t b e s e t o g o i n s t t h e s e t t i n g m o r k ( 1 3 ) ;t h e i r
s i g n i f i c o n c ew i l l b e e x p l o i n e d l o t e r o n .
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unshorp s h or p
i n g t h e w i n d i n g k n o b w i t h t h e o t h e r ( F i g . 4 ) .T h e
soving in time is reolly surprising.
Settingthe Distance
The built-in coupled rongefinder system outo-
moticolly focuses the 'comero for the correct
d i s t o n c e .W h e n y o u l o o k t h r o u g h t h e v i e w f i n d e r
eyepiece (26), you will see in the centre of the
f ield of view o cleor circulor oreo enclosed
within o ground gloss ring. The cleor circle is
d i v i d e d i n t o t w o h o l v e s b y o h o r i z o n t o| | i n e
(see illustr. on left). The subiect distonce con
b e m e o s ur e d i n t w o w o y s :
l. Select o verticol line (suchos the edge of
o woll or o tree trunk) seen in the f inder imoge.
Then turn the reor block ring by the two knobs
( 1 1 )o n t h e l e f t o n d r i g h t , o d i o i n i n g t h e d i s t o n c e
s e t t i n g s c o l e ( . | 0 ) .N o w y o u w i l l s e e t h e i m o g e
in the upper holf of the circle move in relotion
to the lower holf. When the two holves of the
imoge ore exoctly oligned, the lens is set for
the correct distonce.
2. lf the subiect hos no distinct verticol lines,
observe the imoge in the ground gloss ring.
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Depth-of-fietd
Scile I
The lgns does noi only define shorply fhose
oblects ot the exoct focused distonce;
i
it will
olso produce o shorp imoge of obiects o
certoin 4
distonce in front ond behind. This zone of shorp
definiiion, known os the depih of field, is
com_
porotively norrow ot full operture (f/2.g)
but
becomes greoter the more you stop
down the
lens.
The depth-of-field scole (22) shows ihe
extent
of this zone ot vorious operture settings
ond
distonces. Locote fhe operture setting fo
be
used from omong the f/numbers fo ihe
right
ond left of the distonce setting mork (13).The
distoncevolues on the distoncesetting scole (10)
opposite the chosen f/numbers repiesent ihe
n e o r o n d f o r l i m i f s o f t h e d e p t h _ o f _ f i e l dz o n e .
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t h e o p p r o p r i o t e s t o p o n t h e d e p t h - o f - f i e l ds c o l e .
Do not, however, stop down further thon is
necessory to ensure the depth of field you
r e q u i r e .O t h e r w i s e y o u m o y n e e d l o n g e x p o s u r e
times, which increose the risk of comero shoke
(see poge 24).
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Takingthe Picture
Holdingthe camera
Alwoys hold the Contoflex lV perfectly steody
w h i l s t t o k i n g o p i c t u r e .S u p p o r t t h e b o d y o f t h e
comero with the polms of both honds ond grip
it firmly with the fingers (Fig.6). The thumbs
should be pressed ogoinst the comero bock,ond
the middle finger of both honds should rest on
the focusing knobs (lI ). Use the index finger
o f t h e r i g h t h o n d t o p r e s st h e s h u t t e r r e l e o s e ( 3 ) .
Press your elbows lightly ogoinst your body
e ( F i g .7 ) . Y o u c o n u s e e i t h e r t h e l e f t o r t h e r i g h t
eye to look through the f inder. This is the
normol position for toking horizontql pictures
with the Contoflex lV.
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Thefinerpointsof the Contaflex
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The viewfinder
The finder imoge is only visible ofter the film
wind knob (1) hos been turned to odvonce the
film ond tension the shutter. This operotion
s i m u l t o n e o u s l yl e t s d o w n t h e r e f l e x m i r r o r i n s i d e
the comero; merely by gloncing through the
finder you con tell whether the comero is reody
for ocfion.
So long os you con see the lorge brighi finder
the lens
i.,?nu, . o p e r t u r eo u t o m o t i c o l l y r e m o i n s
tutty open, permitting eosy ond occurote focus_
ing. On pressing the releose knob, ihe spring
looded diophrogm closesimmediotelyto its pre_
selected setting before the shutter opens to
e x p o s e t h e f i l m . T h e C o n t o f l e xi s f h e f i r s t c o m e r o
to utilize this ingenious systems.
The finder imoge is completely free from po-
rollox ond olwoys showsthe exoct field of view,
even when using the Pro-Tessor for tele_or
w i d e o n g l e p i c t u r e s o r s u p p l e m e n t o r yl e n s e s f o r
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Snapshot
Setting
So os to be reody for ropid oction snopshots,
first set the correct exposure volue ond then
set the operture to f/8 ond the distqnce to 20 ft.
(Fig. l1). For eosier setting, both these figures
ore red. This combinotion results in everything
between 10 ft. ond @ being shorply recorded.
A n o t h e r u s e fu l w o y o f d e o l i n g w i t h m o v i n g
F i g .r r
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s u b i e c f s i s o s f o l l o w s : i f , f o r i n s t o n c e ,y o u w o n t
t o t o k e o s h o t o f c h i l dr e n o f p l o y , s e t t h e
operture ond exposure time ond focus the lens
of the most suitoble distonce. Now wotch your
s u b fe c t s i n t h e v i e w f i n d e r o n d r e l e c r s et h e s h u t t e r
when the two holves of the imcae in the ronge-
f i n d e r f i e l d c o i n c i d e ,o r w h e n t h e i m o g e o n t h e
ground gloss ring is shorp.
TripodExposures
The Contoflex lV con be mounted on o tripod
(Fig. 12) by meons of the tripod bush (25).A
b o l l - o n d - s o c k eht e o d o r s i m i l o r t i l t i n g h e o d w i l l
b e r e q u i r e d f o r u p r i g h t p h o t o g r o p h s .T o o v o i d
comero shoke, use o coble releose (see poge 41);
this screws into the threoded socket in the
releose knob (3). Exposures requiring speeds
s l o w e r t h o n 1 / n s e c o n d o r t i m e e x p o s u r e ss h o u l d
olwoys been mode from q tripod or similor
solid support.
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Loading and
R e m o v i ntgh e
Film
Hold the ContoflexlV
in your left hond with
t h e l e n s p o i n t in g
d o w n w o r d s ,t h e v i e w -
finder housing press-
ing ogoinstthe polm
of your hond ond
your thumb on the
comero bock (Fig.
l4).Lift ihe lockins
keys (24)in the bose
of the Contoflex with
your right hond ond
t ur n t h e m i n t h e
oppropriote direc-
tion. With your left
thumb push the bock
of the comero down-
words (Fig. 15) ond
lift it off with the
risht hond (Fig. l6).
Loadingthe Gamera
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the toke-upspool by
hooking ;t under the
pointed lrg, which
will hold it in ploce
(Fig.17) When using
c o s s e t t e sl o o d e d w i t h
b ul k f i l m , t h e e n d o f
the film must be cut
to fit the slof (Fig"
l 8 ) . N e x t , i n s e r tt h e
film c or f r i d g e o r
c o s s e t t ei n t h e l o w e r
chomber so thot the
prongs engoge the
core of the cossette
spool. Insert the
toke-up spool into
the upper chomber
(Fig. l9); now wind
the fifm on to fhe
t o k e -u p s p o o l u n t i l
ihe tronsport sprock-
ets engoge the per-
forotions on both
s i d e s ( F i g. 2 0 ).
Wh ilsi holding the
film in contoct with
the tronsport sprock-
et with t h e l e ft
thumb, so thot the
t e e t h r e m oi n e n g o g e d
with theperforstions,
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Gassettes
The Contoflex lV will toke the some speciol
cosseftes os used in ihe Contox. You con work
either f rom cossette to cossette or from the
cossette to the loke-up spool. The cossetie
consists of two shells ond o centre spool. To
open it, press ihe locking bution, turn the inner
ond outer shell ogoinst eoch oiher until th6ir
slots coincide ond then pull opori (Fig.23).
L o o d t h e c o s s e t t ew i t h d o r k r o o m r e f i l l s , d o y l i g h t
refills or bulk film. When working from cossette
t o c o s s e t t e ,i h e f i l m m u s t o n l y b e h o o k e d o n t o
the spool of the feed cossette (Fig. l8). When
rewinding, threod the shoped end inlo the smoll
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u n l o o d e d o f t e r o n y n u m b e r o f e x p o s u r e s ,t o g e -
t h e r w i t h t h e t o k e - u p c o s s e t t e ,i n b r o o d d o y l i g h t .
But rememberto odvonce ond releose the film
twice before opening the comero. The two-
c o s s e t t es y s t e m i s e s p e c i o l l y u s e f u l f o r c h o n g i n g
over from block ond white to colour film ond
vrce verso.
W h e n i n s e r t i n g t h e c o s s e t t e si n t h e f e e d o r t o k e -
u p c h o m b e r s ,m o k e s u r e t h o t t h e l o c o t i n g p e g s
o f t h e c o s s e t t e se n g o g e i n t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g
grooves in the comerq body. Turningthe locking
k e y s o f t h e c o m e r o b o c k o u t o m o t i c o l l yo p e n s o r
c l o s e s t h e c q s s etfe s . E v e r y c o s s e t t e i s s u p p l i e d
in o speciol contqiner, the lid of which hos
q smoll window. The lid con be fitted in two
p o s i t i o n s .W h e n s t o r i n g o n e x p o s e d f i l m i n t h e
contoiner,fit the lid in such o woy thot the
morking "Exp" is visiblein the window.
Unloading
l f t h e c o m e r o i s fo o d e d w i t h o s t o n d or d c o m -
merciol cortridge,the film must be rewound be-
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System
TheContaflex
ff the lensunits
Exchanging
The scope of the Contoflex is greotly widened
by exchonging the front element of the lens for
t e l e - o r w i d e - o n g l e u n i t s .A s t e r e o - o t t o c h m e n tc o n
olso be used. For removing the front element,
hold the Conioflex in your left hqnd (Fig. 28),
o n d p r e s s t h e l o c k p o w l ( ' 1 6 )i n i h e d i r e c t i o n o f
the lens with your thumb. The milled front ring
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S i n c e t h e t o k i n g l e n s i s o l s o t h e f i n d e r l e n s ,t h e
Contoflex is most suitoble for toking photo-
g r o p h s w i t h v o r i o u s l e n s e s . R e g o r d l e s so f t h e
focol length of the lens in use,the viewfinder of
the Contoflex will invoriobly show the obsolute-
ly porollox-free imoge field, whilst the distonce
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i s e s t o b l i s h e di n t h e u s u o l w o y u s i n g e i t h e r t h e F i g .2 9
split-imoge or the ground gloss screen ronge-
f i n d e r b y m o v i n g t h e t w o f o c u s i n g k n o b s ( 1 1 )o n
t h e c om e r o .
F o r t h e C o n t o fl e x l V t h e f o l l o w i n g i n t e r c h o n g e -
oble lens unitsore ovoiloble:
T h e P r o - T e s s q ri / 4 , 3 5 m m f o r w i d e - o n g l e p h o t o -
grophy. lt enobleso muchwider field of view to
b e c o v e r e d f r o m s h o r t t o k i n g d i s t o n c e s : o 1 ' li n -
v o l u o b l e o i d f o r i n t e r i o r o n d o r c h i t e c t u r o ls h o t s .
Snopshot techniquebenefits from the consider-
obly deeper zone of shorp definition which re-
sufts from the short focql length of this porti-
.|003).
culor lens unit (Ord.No.
T h e P r o - T e s s q rI / 4 , 8 5 m m i s c r t e l e p h o t o l e n s
w h i c h , o c t i n g l i k e o t e l e s c o p e , w i l lp e r m i t y o u t o
r e c o r d f o r - o w o y s u b i e c t so s l o r g e o t h o u g h t h e y
were "within your reoch". The moin fields for
employing o telephoto lens ore londscopes,
p o r t r o i t u r eo n d t h e r e c o r d i n go f o l l t h o s e r o p i d -
oction events which we normolly hove to wotch
from o distonce (Ord.No. 1004).
3s
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Leather Gases
Cqmerq ever-reody cose: To guord ogoinst dom_
oge, ihe Contoflex lV should olwoys be corried
in ils elegont ever-reody cose. The comero is
screwed to the cose ond need not be removed
from ils cose for exposure. Moreover,the Conto_
flex, fogether with o screwed-in filter ond the
occessory shoe (see poge 40), ore eosily occom_
modoted in the cose, ihe lid of which will olso
hold two filters (0 S 2Z mm).
P r o - T e s s o rC o s e : o n o t t r o c t i v e l e o t h e r c o r r y i n g
cose is ovoiloble for both lhe f/4, 35 mm ond
l h e f / 4 , 8 5 m m P r o - T e s s o r s .T h e r e i s o l s o s p o c e
for o speciol "insertion set,, (Ord.No. 7gg/Oi|)
h o l d i n g t h e f r o n t e l e m e n to f t h e r e m o v e d s t o n d _
ord Tessor f/2.8, 50 mm, ihe oppropriote proxor
lens ond the lenshood (O A 2g.5mm). Two filters
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Tablefor usingZeissProxarSupptementary
Lenses
Lenshood
T h i s p r e v e n t sf l q r e s o n d f o g i n o g o i n s t - t h e - l i g h t
shots. In bod weother it olso protects the lens
ogoinst roin ond snow. The Zeiss lkon lenshood
con olso be mounted on top of filters or Proxor
fe n s e s .F o r t h e T e s s o rf / 8 , 5 0 m m , u s e o l e n s h o o d
w i t h s l i p - o n m o u n t , e A 2 8 " 5m m ; f o r t h e P r o -
T e s s or f / 4 , 8 5 m m , u s e t h e s c r e w - i n t y p e , 0 S
60 mm. No lenshood is required with ihe wide-
o n g l e P r o - T e s s o rf t 4 , 3 5 m m .
A smort leother cose is ovoiloble in which to
corry your lenshood. There is olso o combi-
n o t i o n l e o t h e r c o s e f o r t h e A 2 8 . 5m m l e n s h o o d
ond three (,27 mm colourfilters.
Accessory Shoe
A n o c c e s s o r ys h o e c o n b e f i x e d t o t h e C o n t o -
f l e x l v f o r m o u n t i n g v o r i o u s o c c e s s o r i e so n t h e
comero. Unscrew the block mount on the view-
finder eyepiece (26), ploce the occessory shoe
over the eyepieceopening ond screw fhe block
mount bock ogoin to hold fhe shoe in ploce
( F i g .3 0 ) .
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Serial Numbers
F u r t h e r t e c h n i c o l d e v e l o p m e n t sm o y i n v o l v e s l i g h t
c h o n g e si n t h e d e s i g no n d c o n s t r u c t i o nof ihe comero
o s c o m p o r e dw i t h t h e s e i n s t r u c t i o n s .
g.
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Cable Release
At slow shutter speeds ond for time exposures
o cqblc releose is odvisoble (see Fig. 12 on
poge 24). This screws into the threoded socket
in the releose knob (3). The Zeiss lkon coble
releqseis fitted with o lock to keep the shutter
open for long time exposures with the shutter
set to "8".
C o p y i n ga n d P h o t o m i c r o g r a p h y
A s p e c i o lt r i p o d h e o d i s o v o i l o b l e f o r u s i n g t h e
C o n t o fl e x l V w i t h e i t h e r t h e T o b l e C o p y i n g
Unit or the Contox copying outfits. Two exten-
sion tubes ore requircd to connect the comero
to o microscope.To moke focusing eosier, o
right-ongle viewing telescope con be screwed
over the viewfinder eyepiece.
;.' UsingFlash
The Zeiss lkon copocitor
floshgunsF , oldinglkoblitz
( F i g .3 l ) o n d l k o b l i t z " O " ,
- ffil
q con both be ottoched to
the occessoryshoe of the
Contoflex lV. Both flosh-
guns ore remorkobly
effective in use. The re-
flector of the Folding lko-
Fr!,n/1!_ blilz is collopsible when
-
:
h*nrb
not in use; the entireout-
t,
fit is then no lorger thon
F i g .3 l
o normol soop box.
41
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Controls
of theGontaflex
lV
1 4 Fl o s h c ont oc t 2 0 Sh u tte r s p e ed scol e
l 5 L o c kf or f los h s y nc h ro -l e v e r 2 l Ap e rtu re s c ol e
1 9 E x p o s u r ev o l u e s c o l e 26 Viewfinder eyepiece