General Information

Serial #

Y85277

Part Number

1

Total Parts

12

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METALS/ GLASS/ LEATHER/ MIRROR/ BAKELITE FILTER CASES/ ALUMINIUM LENS CAP

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

10.9 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

14.0 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

FIRST CAMERA WITH BUILT-IN EXPOSURE METER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'ZEISS IKON' STAMPED ON BACK OF BODY IN LEATHER/ 'CONTAFLEX' INCISED ON A PLATE OVER LENSES/ 'ZEISS IKON' INCISED LEFT SIDE OF FRONT BODY NEXT TOVIEWING LENS/ 'MADE IN GERMANY' INCISED ON WINDING KNOB FOR SHUTTER AND FILM/ CAMERA: UPPER LENS: ‘Sucher-Objektiv 1:2.8 f=8cm Carl Zeiss Jena Nr. 1656735'./ LOWER LENS: ‘Sonnar 1: 2 f=5cm Carl Zeiss Jena Nr. 1549188'./ SCALE ON UPPER RIGHT OF HOUSING, NEAR VIEWFINDER./ SMALL RECTANGULAR PLATE SCREWED TO HOUSING, TO LEFT OF VIEWFINDER BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: ‘In/ Artificial Light/ with Panfilm/ Interiors/ with daylight/ one fourth the value indicated/ photos Against the Light/ e.g. against sun, window/ four times the value indicated/ Multiplicator/ 10 5 2 Index'. SN ‘Y 85277' INCISED INSIDE CAMERA ON FILM BED, AND ON REMOVEABLE COVER

Missing

MISSING 1 LENS CAP (NOT OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE)

Finish

PATTERNED LEATHER ON 2/3 OF BODY/ SOME CHROMED METAL/ SOME PLAIN METAL (ALUMINUM?)

Decoration

N/A