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OBJECT TYPE: 50MM/F3.5/IRIS/FOCUSING
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1612.001

MANUFACTURER: Zeiss Ikon
MODEL: TESSAR
LOCATION: Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 3065544
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL AND GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still camera parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Zeiss
Country: Federal Republic of Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Stuttgart

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED, WHEN AFFIXED TO A CAMERA LENS, TO ENABLE THE CAMERA TO FOCUS ON AND ENLARGE SUBJECTS FROM 230MM TO INFINITY AND TO TAKE A SHARP, IN FOCUS, PICTURE.
Technical: DESIGNED FOR CLOSEUP PHOTOGRAPHY BUT CAPABLE OF GOOD RESULTS AT LIFE-SIZE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED AROUND LENS: 'Carl Zeiss Jena Nr3065544 Tessar 1:3,5 f=5cm T'/ TWO SCALES AROUND END UNIT/ PRINTED ON TOP: 'ZEISS/ IKON/ Stuttgart/ 1x/ 5522/13/ Germany'/ PRINTED ON BACK BAND: 'ZEISS/ IKON/ Stuttgart/ 1251/ Germany'/ PRINTED AROUND KNOB ATTACHMENT: 'Zeiss IkonStuttgart Made in Germany 563/04'/ MOLDED IN CAP: 'ZEISS/ OPTON/ Germany'
Missing: N/A
Finish: EXTERIOR TEXTURED BLACK WITH GLOSS BLACK CONNECTING BANDS; CHROMED END UNIT WITH BLACK PRINTING; BLACK AROUND LENS WITH WHITE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Zeiss Ikon, Lens, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1995.1612, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1612.001/

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