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Post by kologha on Mar 5, 2018 4:13:39 GMT -5
   Hi everyone, I have a Zeiss Ikonta 521/16 which my mom bought for me when I was about 14yrs old (early 1960's). The story was (as I suppose is often the case) "This camera was taken off a German officer during the war".The lens is a Novar 3.5 f7.5 cm and the body serial number is E94743. There is a SN on the shutter but it is hidden by the rivetted on f no scale and I can't see what it is. From the E serial number I suspect the camera could be pre war. Can anyone confirm this? Thank you, kologha |
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puderse
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Post by puderse on Mar 5, 2018 10:19:40 GMT -5
I've a pre-WWII Ikonta A (520) found at a garage sale. I find it fun to use and yields excellent B&W results.
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Post by kologha on Mar 8, 2018 1:56:51 GMT -5
Looking at the visible part of the shutter SN (protruding from under the f scale) it appears to be: 12#2#14 (the # could be 0,6 or 8). The camera is a 521/16B (I didn't mention the B in my original post). Can anyone tell me the significance of the red dots, one just after 8 metres (focus) and the other one just before f11. In all the years of using the camera I never experimented by setting it on the red dots and taking some shots. Film and film processing now no longer exist in South Africa so I can't experiment now!
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hansz
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Post by hansz on Mar 11, 2018 11:16:19 GMT -5
It is prewar indeed.
When you put the distance and aperture on the red dots you have the oldfashioned point&shoot settings: max depth to infinity. Only the light conditions to care about:-)
The B of the 521/16 is only used in English speaking countries to denote the 6x6cm negative format.
Hans
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