{"id":13881,"date":"2016-09-01T02:47:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T09:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=13881"},"modified":"2016-09-01T02:59:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T09:59:48","slug":"antique-gear-the-zeiss-ikon-contaflex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2016\/09\/01\/antique-gear-the-zeiss-ikon-contaflex\/","title":{"rendered":"antique gear: the Zeiss Ikon Contaflex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Collectibles]<br \/>\n<strong><\/p>\n<h1>IG post: my new old camera<\/h1>\n<h3>outdated cameras are only one of my obsessions<\/h3>\n<p>by Reviewer Rob<br \/>\noriginally from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reviewerrob\/\">Instagram<\/a> post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJRPxkZBo98\/?taken-by=reviewerrob\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Newly acquired: an early Model Contaflex from the German company Zeiss Icon. Looks like the fixed lens version they came out with in the beginning before interchangeable lenses were included. It&#8217;s attractive and serviceable in working condition but will most likely be seen as a prop in a photo shoot long before I get around to loading it with a roll of Kodachrome. Although I keep my lenses forever I&#8217;ve never been too interested in the antique cameras. They call it progress for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>#zeiss #zeissikoncontaflex #35mm #film #oldcameras #technology #germanengineering<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13882\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-bottom-edit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-bottom-edit.jpg?w=600\" alt=\"Zeiss Ikon Contaflex\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-13882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-bottom-edit.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-bottom-edit.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-bottom-edit.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-bottom-edit.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zeiss Ikon Contaflex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13883\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-front-edit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-front-edit.jpg?w=600\" alt=\"Zeiss Ikon Contaflex\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-13883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-front-edit.jpg?w=958&amp;ssl=1 958w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-front-edit.jpg?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/zeiss-ikon-front-edit.jpg?resize=768%2C661&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zeiss Ikon Contaflex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Collectibles] IG post: my new old camera outdated cameras are only one of my obsessions by Reviewer Rob originally from an Instagram post here Newly acquired: an early Model Contaflex from the German company Zeiss Icon. Looks like the fixed lens version they came out with in the beginning before interchangeable lenses were included. It&#8217;s attractive and serviceable in working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1305,580,625],"tags":[1370,1371,1316],"class_list":["post-13881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photolog","category-technology","category-update","tag-antique-gear-the-zeiss-ikon-contaflex","tag-old-cameras","tag-photolog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13609,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2016\/06\/01\/photolog-old-glass-tamron-19mm-fixed-focal-length-f3-5-22\/","url_meta":{"origin":13881,"position":0},"title":"PHOTOLOG: old glass, Tamron 19mm fixed focal length f3.5-22","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"June 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[Photolog]\u00a0 analog lenses, circa 1989 by Reviewer Rob More analog lenses. 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