During its production the sensitivity range of the exposure meter was slightly expanded.Įarly Contaxes have the serial number inside on the bottom of the body and inside the detachable camera back, later ones for easier access also in the accessory shoe.īoth cameras - Contax II and III - were probably delivered to the military and some other countries like France, Latvia, Switzerland and Sweden until as far as April 1945 as some catalogues from Sweden suggest (O and M serial numbers).
It was one of the first 35mm cameras with a built-in exposure meter. The Contax III, also released in 1936 but with some delay, was a Contax II with an selenium exposure meter. Good cosmetic condition, the shutter and meter are not working, the shutter tries to fire but jams
Contax III 35mm Rangefinder camera body (Faulty)
