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“Die Ausgereifte”

Finally found a good quote for a Contax IIa. Cosmetically and mechanically, I don’t think they come any bette today. Everything works. Tested the shutter speeds — spot on. A great surprise came with the package: the original manual and a booklet expanding on the usage.

Ausgereift, indeed. Naturally it’s leagues above the Kiev; and still a great step up from the Contax II I was able to briefly handle a few months ago.

Digital color photo of a worn red instruction booklet reading “CONTAX IIa,” “Die Ausgereifte,” and “Gebrauchsanleitung,” with a Zeiss Ikon logo and “Zeiss Ikon A.G. Stuttgart” at the bottom, standing upright on a wooden table with a Contax camera partially visible behind it against a dark background. (Photo by me, CC-BY-4.0)

Digital color photo of a worn red instruction booklet reading “CONTAX IIa,” “Die Ausgereifte,” and “Gebrauchsanleitung,” with a Zeiss Ikon logo and “Zeiss Ikon A.G. Stuttgart” at the bottom, standing upright on a wooden table with a Contax camera partially visible behind it against a dark background. (Photo by me, CC-BY-4.0)
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Love how they laid it out overall — especially that you can browse the manual while keeping the parts reference always visible on the left and right.

Digital color photo of an open Contax IIa manual with left and right fold-out pages, showing orange parts-reference panels with numbered component lists, while the center pages display black-and-white photos demonstrating how to hold the camera and a German text section titled “GRIFF II.” (Photo by me, CC-BY-4.0)
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