Serial Number: Cam0177
Type:
Folding Bed Camera
Manufacturer:
Zeiss Ikon
Country of Origin:
Germany
Production Period:
1937 - 1941
Approximate Price:
USD 140.00
Reference:
Camerapedia
Status: Display
Description:
The Nettar series by Zeiss Ikon was a successful range of self-erecting folding cameras for 120 roll film (often described as B2 6x9 film). Several types were offered for 6×9cm, 6×6cm and 6×4.5cm format, with different lenses in a variety of shutters. Zeiss Ikon also produced a Nettar equipped with an exposure meter, the Nettax (513 16).
Nettar 515 Specifications
Year of release 1937
Film Format 120 roll film (6×4.5cm exposures)
Lens shutter combinations
Nettar 1 6.3 7.5cm in a Derval or Telma leaf shutter
Nettar 1 4.5 7.5cm in a Telma or Klio leaf shutter
Viewfinder two frames
Dimensions (folded) 114 x 79 x 43 mm
Weight 430 Grams
Zeiss Ikon always advertised the Nettar series as being for the amateur photographer. Nevertheless these cameras share many parts with the much more expensive Ikonta series (e.g. body and struts). The Nettar series may lack the higher specified lens shutter combinations and things like film type and speed memo discs but the observed built quality is en par with that of the Ikontas.
