The green tinted viewfinder is clean and the rangefinder’s gold patch shows no signs of corrosion, is clearly visible and well aligned. Luckily this £200 – 1951 model is in very good condition with only a couple of small “zeiss bumps” on the leather back and some minor scuffs on the base. However, a fully restored Contax IIa can command £1000 with values continuing to rise. ![]() Expect to pay anywhere between £200-£400 (on eBay) depending upon condition and whether its fully functional. It’s difficult to determine how many remain in circulation, but needless to say it’s probably the best value collectable camera around. Approximately 40,000 serial numbers were allocated to Contax IIa’s over a 12 year production period (1949-1961), although I suspect less rolled off the production line. One of my favourite vintage camera acquisitions, a 1951 Zeiss Contax IIa (Black Dial) with Zeiss Opton Sonnar 5cm f/2 – made in the post war Stuttgart factory of Germany under reparations to the US. Contax rangefinder - Camerapedia - Wikia. Serial numbers starting with AU or AV (A means camera was repaired by the factory), I've seen one with Y. 9th cent.: from an- 1 + astigmatic (see astigmatism): astigmatism a. See my more complete list of definitions at my article Leica Definitionsanastigmat an anastigmatic lens system (Leitz Anastigmat (Leitz I) from 1.
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