Model name

Contessamat STE

Brand

Zeiss Ikon

Camera type

Compact

Item manufacturing year

1965-1966

Description

Compact camera made of metal.

Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/50 lens with coupled rangefinder focusing.
Gauthier AGC Prontor-Matic 500 SL shutter with speeds from 1 sec to 1/500th of a sec, and Bulb.

The automatic exposure mode is a shutter priority system selecting aperture based on the user selected speed and the metering done by a selenium cell on the top of the camera. The automatic exposure can be disabled to go full manual.

The viewfinder shows above the image a scale and needle pointing the aperture selected by the system, and below a prism allows to read the shutter speed on the lens barrel.

Made in Germany

Film format

Film 135

Picture size

24x36mm

Fixed lens

Carl Zeiss Tessar

Maximum aperture

2.8

Minimum aperture

22

Focal length

50mm

Minimal focus distance

100cm

Lens diameter

27mm

Reference on Collection-Appareils

Zeiss Ikon Contessamat STE (10.0656)