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Author Message   Contax_crisis Tinkerer Username: Contax_crisis Post Number: 3 Registered: 08-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 04:57 pm:    Hi Rick, No worries - I guess you're probably shocked that I'm still labouring over the same issue after all this time. Many thanks too - your notes were indispensible for putting the Contax II back together again. I already have a cheap Kiev IV body for my Sonnar: http://www.luxcamera.co.uk/pages/Antiqua/Kiev%20IVa/IVa.htm I must be really challenged: I can barely load film using the metal bomb canister in any of the Contax/Kiev cameras, whereas I can bottom-loading Leica IIIf on the go. I think if I could work a method, I'd rather use the Sonnar 5cm f1.5 on the Leica IIIf. As classic as the Contax II is, it isn't a camera I find easy to hold or use..