The Contax II is a 35 mm rangefinder camera. It was released in 1936 and was the successor of the original Contax later called the Contax I. It was the first camera with a rangefinder and viewfinder combined in a single window.

After photography conglomerate Zeiss fell on its royal laurels with the incredibly unreliable Contax I shutter, it went back to the drawing boards and introduced the Contax II and II in 1936. With the Contax II and III, Zeiss not only had a legitimate competitor to Leica, in many ways it bettered Leica and was often considered THE Professional ...

Contax II和III的区别在于，III的顶板上装有一个未耦合的硒光度计。 不使用时，仪表单元被金属门覆盖。 因为测光表将使倒片变得困难，所以倒带旋钮比Contax II高，并且包含一个曝光计算器。

2024年11月22日 · The Contax II was the first camera to incorporate a rangefinder focusing system into the same viewfinder that was used to compose the photograph (earlier built-in rangefinders, such as that used on the Contax I and on contemporary Leicas, required the photographer to first focus with the rangefinder and then switch to a separate viewfinder to ...

Contax II 是世界上第一个拥有测距取景器的相机，可以更佳方便的进行对焦。 Contax III 型，俗称Universal Contax，为原 Contax II 型之机顶加装硒光电池式测光表，其余性能皆相同，1936年上市。

2013年4月25日 · Zeiss’s finest rangefinder 35mm film camera, the Contax II, was manufactured in Germany between 1936 and 1941. I was lucky to borrow a used one from a camera store I worked in during my student days, along with the contemporary Leica IIIc, the Contax with the 50mm Sonnar, the Leica with the 50mm Summar.

1932年，蔡司推出了Contax I，而同年徕卡则推出了Leica D（Leica II）。 如果单单从技术数据的角度来看，Contax I对于徕卡简直可以说是碾压式的。 首先是测距基线长度Contax比徕卡要长的多，这也就意味着更好的对焦精度。

Contax II, 1936. Contax (stylised as CONTAX in the Kyocera era) began as a German camera model in the Zeiss Ikon line in 1932, and later became a brand name. The early cameras were among the finest in the world, typically featuring high quality Zeiss interchangeable lenses.

Ready to shoot with film, take-up spool and a 2.0/5cm Sonnar, the Contax II weighs 775 grams and the Contax III weighs 930grams.

2016年10月26日 · Contax II 是世界上第一个拥有测距取景器的相机，可以更佳方便的进行对焦。 Contax III 型，俗称 Universal Contax，为原 Contax II 型之机顶加装硒光电池式测光表，其余性能皆相同，1936年上市。