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- OBJECT TYPE
- TLR
- DATE
- 1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0065.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zeiss Ikon
- MODEL
- CONTAFLEX (860/24)
- LOCATION
- Dresden, Germany
More Information
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
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Zeiss Ikon, Camera, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1988.0065, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0065.001/
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