Of course it's a matter of taste, and there aren't really any accounting for taste, but personally I find the first Ultramatic to be the most beautiful of the two models. The camera bodies are in fact identical, and the only big difference are the extremely elegant selenium lightmeter window on the front. Contrary to the second Ultramatic model, this first model features an instant return mirror !.The scale and red marking on the camera topcover over the "Ultramatic" engraving are the scale for correction settings when using filters. To make a long story short; the Ultramatic are just as comfortable and pleasant to use as it looks. Usually you'll find them with the f2,8 Color-Skopar lens, so don't panic if it can take some time to find a faster Septon if you want one of those. Allways be sure though, that the lens on the camera actually got the famous "yellow dot" (see explanation below). The separate accesory / flash shoe are the same as used on the Bessamatics, and this is not shown on this Ultramatic, but can be seen on the Ultramatic CS thumbnails. One of the things that the Ultramatic hasn't got is a rewind crank handle. This must have been sacrificed on the "Altar of Aesthetics". Well, that's OK with me.....
 

As mentioned in the introduction, the Ultramatic CS were the very first SLR that offered TTL metering in stead of the usual external Selenium metering. The lightmeter window have been removed on the CS, and replaced by an engraved nameplate. As on the previous model, there are a very usefull correction scale for filtercorrections on the camera top cover on the right, and on the left you'll find the green battery-test button and the retractable rewind button. Both on this CS and the previous model, the rapid advance lever are incorporated in the camera body and moves in a slot that cuts from the back right to the front of the camera.I guess that the reason why the CS hasn't got an instant return mirror like the earlier Ultramatic are that it uses TTL metering. The Ultramatic are a superb example of what can be achieved when innovative designers and engineer put qn equally amount of care and consideration to both the appearance and looks, functionalty and mecanics, and thus create an object of great beauty, high quality and excellent performance.