Muggins
Junk magnet
A bit unusual, this. It's German, from one of the companies that merged to form Zeiss-Ikon in 1926 (so at least a century old). Ernemann built the tower in Dresden that later became Pentacon's logo.
It's very well specified for a box camera, with B shutter setting at 2 apertures, plus instant, and a socket for a cable release. It's side opening and has folding latches to hold the film that makes placing the spools a doddle. It also has a pressure plate.
What's odd is that the lens appears to be a reverse meniscus so you'd expect images to be focused quite close to the camera , and with funky fall off of sharpness towards the edges. However a ground glass in the film plane suggests it's sharp all the way across - will be interesting to see what it looks like with real fillum.
flic.kr/p/2ruUsVV
It's very well specified for a box camera, with B shutter setting at 2 apertures, plus instant, and a socket for a cable release. It's side opening and has folding latches to hold the film that makes placing the spools a doddle. It also has a pressure plate.
What's odd is that the lens appears to be a reverse meniscus so you'd expect images to be focused quite close to the camera , and with funky fall off of sharpness towards the edges. However a ground glass in the film plane suggests it's sharp all the way across - will be interesting to see what it looks like with real fillum.
flic.kr/p/2ruUsVV
