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The OP was asking for impressions in 1935, so we don't have the advantage of hindsight. Mukul you raise some some good points using Darwin is not bad! Don't get me wrong I don't think the Contax was unmistakably better. A real reflection would be photo journals of the time! Nothing like advertising to whet the appetite.

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The stodgy magazines were probably actually using serious studio stuff 5x7 etc so a free-lancer would most likely go with the lighter more portable Graflex. I think Bueh also notes that SLRs were sexy and with a fast lens some pretty racy stuff could be shot. I often think of the 'Internet' (35mm) browser marketing of Netscape (Leica) vs Microsoft (Zeiss Ikon) I think Leitz made 35mm viable and Zeiss Ikon didn't take it too seriously until later, then tried to muscle in. The upstart Leica was just getting adopted and probably more so in Europe than in the US. The market had more respect for ZI and professional optics. Them coming on-board so to say, was recognition that Leica was eating their lunch. ZI recognized the danger and tried to make amends. There wasn't a big move to 35mm in these years.

The better optics were available and appreciated. The working professional would likely be using a Speed or a regular Graflex. I think Bill nailed it and said it a lot better than I could.