• This page is updated every few days • If you don’t see what you are looking for here please contact us • We are always interested in buying similar items. Interested in when your prewar/wartime Contax was produced? Although less Zeiss-Ikon documentation survived WWII than other manufacturers, it's still simple to date your camera. This is due to the fact that Zeiss-Ikon used a letter code preceding actual serial number of any particular Contax camera. This letter indicates. Description and information on Contax II its history and how it works. After the Contax I Zeiss-Ikon needed to bring to market a camera that was easier to use and more aesthetically pleasing. The outcome was the Contax II and III. The camera serial number was later placed on the accessory shoe. There were minor. Nov 11, 2011. After a crazy day in the old camera world, I was very fortunate to become the owner of a Zeiss Contax II rangefinder! I am trying to dig around online to find serial number information for the body but so far cannot figure out when the camera was made. The serial number starts with the letter M and I can't find.

Lens: f3.5, 5 cm Zeiss Tessar, iris diaphragm to f22. Depth-of-field scale. Bayonet mount.Serial no. Windows 7 Sp1.