No-Name Contax 35mm rangefinder camera with Carl Zeiss 50mm f/2 Sonnar lens. Marked made in Ussr Occupied Germany. Rare collectible No-Name Contax camera. Only about 6000 of these No-Name Contax cameras were ever produced by Kiev in 1963. Rare collectible 35mm rangefinder camera. This No-Name Kiev is in Mint/Mint- or 9/9.5 out of 10 cosmetic condition. No dings or dents. Super clean condition with almost no signs of use. Carl Zeiss Sonnar 50mm f/2 standard lens. Lens is in Ex++ or 9 of 10 cosmetic condition. Very smooth working lens aperture.. Lens apertures from f/2 to f/22. Nice rare super clea n collectible NO-Name Kiev/Contax to add to you camera collection. Still a lot of secrecies around this charismatic and rare camera. The No-name Kiev occurs in two variations indeed. The first variation comes with genuine Zeiss Sonnar 2/50 lens. “USSR OCCUPIED GERMANY” engraved on the rear of the camera top. The second variation comes with no lens and engravings at all. The No-Name Contax was a fraud. These were purported to be Contax II cameras built in Jena just after the war, and some were marked on the back USSR Occupied Germany, they were in fact made in Kiev. And they were made in 1963, long after the occupied Germany marking was dropped. So what is the difference between a Kiev and a Contax, you might wonder. Not much, and yet a lot. The early Kiev cameras were made using some of the tools and equipemnt used to make the Contax cameras, and were pretty faithfully copied. But the quality of construction and materials was not as good. However, these Kievs are well made, probably with the intent that they should pass as Contax cameras in the West. One tip-off is that they have flash synch on the front ala Kiev. Zeiss- Opton Sonnar 50/2 lenses. Since Zeiss Ikon stopped production of his contax IIa and IIIa in 1961, it seems that there were some lenses left over… And that a deal was made involving Zeiss Ikon Stuttgart, Arsenal, and may be Carl Zeiss Jena in order to “germanize” the camera to sell for the American market. Some other deals are known between the two branches of Zeiss during the COLD WAR. Production was estimated at about 5000. So even though they were a fraud in 1963, today they are an interesting chapter in Contax and Kiev history. This item is in the category “Cameras & Photo\Vintage Movie & Photography\Vintage Cameras\Rangefinder Cameras”. The seller is “igorcamera” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.
- Color: silver/black
- Model: Kiev 4a/Comtax IIa
- Brand: Kiev/ Contax No-Name
