Accession No

5957

Brief Description

photographic film camera, used by Brian Harland during the surveys of Svalbard between 1949 and 1993, by Zeiss Ikon, German, 1936 (c)

Origin

Germany

Maker

Zeiss Ikon

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1935

Latest Date

1937

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, chromium plate); glass; hide (leather)

Dimensions

length 150mm; depth (with lens extended) 120 mm; height 100mm

Special Collection

Brian Harland collection

Provenance

Donated on or before 10/07/2003.

Inscription

'ZEISS
IKON
Super Ikonta 530/16' (on back of camera)
'ZEISS
IKON' (logo on front of case)
'Made In Germany' (on back of case)

Description Notes

Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta B 530/16 photographic film camera; c. 1936
(This model was introduced in 1935 and replaced in 1937.)

Self-erecting folding 6x6 camera using 120 film. Fitted with an f2.8 80mm Tessar lens with Compur Rapid shutter. Lens is marked 'Carl Zeiss Jena Nr.1841507 Tessar 1:2,8 f=8cm'. Serial no. '4104199' on lens.
Die-cast alloy body with a black enamel finish and covered in black grain leather. Folding pressed metal baseboard and self-erecting lens panel attached to body with leather folding bellows. Chromium plated rewind wheel and trimmings. Separate viewfinder and rangefinder windows for viewing and focusing. Red glass window with metal sliding cover stamped with the Zeiss Ikon logo, used for showing film frame numbers.

With leather case, stamped with the Zeiss Ikon logo on the front and 'Made In Germany' on the back.

Condition good, case condition good; complete

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