Sooo...do you mean the Contaflex beats the Canon SLR? There was an article in one of the mags (US Camera?) in the late '50s-early '60s comparing SLR photos to Leica or Nikon or Canon interchangeable lens RFs. The conclusion was that locking the mirror up made the differences in sharpness disappear. I think they enlarged prints to 16X20. OTOH, if you think the Canon SLR photos are better.... I used a non-quick-release SLR for years, and I never missed the QR, though I didn't do sports. I could do kids and college parties, though.

Idiot that I am, at 14 or 15 I bought an Exakta V w/F2 Biotar (non-auto, non preset) instead of a 1940 Leica F (also known as III - NOT IIIF) with an F2 Summitar. My dad was horrified that I was contemplating buying an almost 20 year old camera instead of the 4-5 year old one. I updated to an auto F2 Biotar in 1962 when I was making 150% of minimum wage in the 6 months between HS graduation and college. I traded the Exakta for a new Minolta Autocord 7 years later, the 1st day of our brief 'honeymoon', then sold the Autocord to the camera dealer I was working for when I realized my infant son was going to cut deeply into any darkroom time. Snapshots only since 1972.

I went through several 100' rolls of 35 mm film during high school. I never liked 35 mm photography - I much preferred the thought required when dealing with 12 shots on a 120 roll.