Hi When I set the black arrow to 400 asa ( on the shutter speed dial ) , I cannot get a shutter speed of less than 60.What is going on? leonid

-- leonid kotlyar (murkacat@hotmail.com), May 26, 2001

Answers

I guess thatīs an old meter may be from the 50īs, the reason cloud be weak selenium cell (if it is a selenium meter), or some mecanical functiona problems in the asembly of it.

-- R Watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), May 27, 2001.

Since the Contarex is a Zeiss Ikon product, I think you may have better luck posting your query on a Zeiss Ikon list, like http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZICG

-- Christopher Chen (furcafe@cris.com), May 30, 2001.

Its mechanically locked to avoid overexposure, given the smallest aperture that the Contarex will meter couple with. Use a smaller exposure index if you want a slower shutter speed.

BTW the Contarex isn't a rangefinder, and it wasn't made by Leica, but I liked seeing the question here anyway!

Joe

-- Joe Buechler (jbuechler@toad.net), June 05, 2001.

The correct exposure is a function of asa , lensopening (f) and time of exposure . A film with the highest commercial asa will give the longest exp. time for the smallest possible opening ( id est f.22 ) There is no practical use of overexposing using time , the men thougt who build the contarex, or you can change f 22 to f 11 in special circumstances.

There is a special mode without the perforated cover of the exposure metering device . Please read the Contarex manual !

-- Friedrich W. Kehler (fwkehler@swipnet.se), August 10, 2001.