Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super BC

Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super BC
The Super BC was on of the last in the line of Zeiss Ikon's Contaflex series - released in 1965 it was the first one to have TTL metering. I picked this up at a flea market as a full kit for next to nothing. Unfortunately the battery compartment on mine is corroded shut and I haven't yet attempted to fix it - on the plus side the camera is fully functional without a battery except for the light meter. I wanted to try this camera out so I loaded it with Kodak Ultra Max 400 and brought an external light meter. All of the controls for the camera are on the lens - which took a bit of getting used to - and the film loading is a different than most cameras because the Contaflex's had interchangeable film back. The spit-image focusing was a piece of cake and the lens was tack-sharp. For a mechanically complex 40 year old camera the thing shot like a dream - now to fix that battery compartment.


Beaver Pond Color
Great late day color at the beaver dam.
Laura Crosses the Creek
Laura crosses the creek.
Canal and Flowers
Wildflowers along the Canal.
Bird in Canal Study #3
Great Blue Heron in the Canal.