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<p>Contarex is a line of <a href="/facts/135_film/UWGpI8k5">35mm</a> <a href="/facts/Single_lens_reflex_camera/oTTVInva">single lens reflex cameras</a> (SLRs) made by <a href="/facts/Zeiss_Ikon/sCCBJNxV">Zeiss Ikon</a>. It was first presented at <a href="/facts/Photokina/bllMCkzp">Photokina</a> in 1958 and initially scheduled for delivery in the spring of 1959, but it was not made generally available in the United States until March 1960. The first model is popularly known as the <i>Contarex I</i>, the <i>Bullseye</i>, or the <i>Cyclops</i>, after the prominent <a href="/facts/Light_meter/FjU1T7ST">light meter</a> window above the lens, in front of the <a href="/facts/Pentaprism/xyrUqN65">pentaprism</a>.: 95 The camera was aimed at the high-end and professional markets; in 1961, the retail price (including the 50 mm f/2.0 <a href="/facts/Zeiss_Planar/rFt2MrFq"><i>Planar</i></a> lens) was $499. </p>