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- OBJECT TYPE
- 35MM
- DATE
- 1934–1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0346.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zeiss-Ikon
- MODEL
- CONTAX I
- LOCATION
- Dresden, Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- X31860
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ LEATHERETTE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- 7.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Zeiss
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Dresden
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
THIS WAS THE FIRST ZEISS IKON MINATURE CAMERA AND THE MOST ADVANCED 35MM SYSTEM CAMERA OF ITS TIME. THIS IS AN EARLY FINAL VERSION WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1934-1935 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INSIDE BACK COVER 'X31860'/ 'CONTAX' ABOVE LENS
- Missing
- MISSING LENS
- Finish
- CAMERA CASE METAL PAINTED BLACK AND BLACK LEATHERETTE/ FRONT HAS LENS HOLDER IN CENTER, A METAL RING CALIBRATED FROM 3 TO 100/ LEFT OF LENS IS A WINDING KNOB/ UPPER RIGHT CORNER IS VIEWFINDER/ ON TOP LEFT TO RIGHT IS PICTURE FRAME COUNTER, TRIGGER, & FLASH HOLDER/ ON FRONT EDGE OF TOP JUST OVER WINDING KNOB IS THE LENS OPENING CONTROL/ ON THE BOTTOM IS A REWIND & LOCK ON EACH END/ A TRIPOD ADAPTOR AND A LEVER TO SET ON F OR R
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zeiss-Ikon, Camera, between 1934–1935, Artifact no. 1972.0346, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0346.001/
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