They may also have been worked on by the criminal camera wrecking gang in the Netherlands even though the camera is being sold out of another country. The problem with European cameras is that they have all been through at least one or more wars. Rule Number Two is to never buy a camera out of Europe unless you can avoid it. I've seen enough of them to never want to see another. These cameras have been totally wrecked and are extraordinarily expensive to make right. There is a gang of camera butchers working out of the Netherlands selling cameras advertised to be 'superb' or 'CLA'd' such as Contaxes, Super Ikontas and other Zeiss cameras. I could write for hours about this tip and the consequences of violating it but will just say 'DON'T DO IT. Do not buy anything out of the Netherlands under any conditions. Purchasing a Contax IIa/IIIa? Rule Number One, which under no conditions must ever be violated, is very simple.
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