Zeiss Ikon Contax I
Zeiss Ikon’s answer to the Leica, a 35 mm rangefinder camera with a bayonet mount.
The Contax was meant to outdo the Leica with a longer rangefinder and a metal focal-plane shutter. The two cameras competed for photographers for decades.
Materials: Metal body finished in black lacquer and leather, Carl Zeiss lenses
Manufacture: Made in Dresden.
The black, box-shaped body.
The long base of the rangefinder.