Serial Number: Cam0044
Type:
Medium Format Box Camera
Manufacturer:
Zeiss Ikon
Country of Origin:
USA
Production Period:
1926 - 1956
Approximate Price:
USD 100.00 - 200.00
Reference:
camerapedia.wikia.com
Status: Display
Description:
Box Tengor is a series of medium format
film box cameras made by Zeiss Ikon. A continuation
model of Goerz Box Tengor that produced by Goerz
before the merger to form the Zeiss Ikon. There are many
types of the camera during its long production period for
127VP, 120, 116/616, and 129 film size. Zeiss Ikon started
its line of Box-Tengor cameras in 1926. Many different
models featuring a variety of film formats were offered. I
have the last three models including the second version of
the model 54/2 which was produced from 1934 to 1938,
the 55/2 appearing in 1939, and the post-war 56/2 with a
production run from 1948 to 1956. All of these used
120-size film and produced eight 6x9cm negatives per
roll. All three models share the Goerz Frontar lens, a
cemented doublet design that is supplemented by two
accessory lenses on a rotating disk just behind the main
lens which allow focusing for middle-distance and
close-up. Another rotating disk, adjusted with the tab
below the lens, allows a choice of three apertures.