"New" Super Ikonta B

[pgeobc]

Here is the first scanned image from my Zeiss Super Ikonta B, with the Opton-Tessar. Plain negative scan, no manipulation except for size and resolution. Fuji Acros 100 @ ISO100, with commercial development. Camera is in excellent contidion with a small transport mechanism issue, I think. Pretty mundane shot, but the old beaters turn my crank.



Thanks.

 

[graywolf]

If the transport problem is uneven spacing, check out the older style film with the thicker film base like Fomapan (Freestyle Arista.EDU Ultra). You have "THE" classic camera in that ZSIB.

 

[Steve M.]

I'm prety sure you can avoid overlapping frames by wrapping the take up spool w/ tape to make it a little larger. I had one of these cameras too. The Beast! Big, heavy, but what great build quality. Mine never overlapped, but the frames got closer and closer as the roll went on.

 

[deirdre]

Yeah, I have really close frame spacing on some films (like Tri-X). I'll look tonight and see what film gave me wide frame spacing.

 

[elmer3.5]

Hi!!!
Congratulations!
I have a 532/16 coated tessar lens, what a camera, i don´t find it so big, folded is easy to deal with!
For me the best is using colour film, of course B/W is awesome too!

Yeah, spacing problems...but´s fixable!

You´ll have to practice a bit the parallax compensation when shooting portraits 😎

Bye!!!

 

[ZeissFan]

The spacing is controlled by a hand-cut brass disk that's part of the film advance gearing. I think the idea of wrapping the takeup spool with some tape is a sound one.

Mine also never overlapped, although they did get close on some frames.

The Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta B 532/16 is a mouthful to say and is quite a hefty camera. Excellent construction and choice of materials. As long as it hasn't been dropped, it's well worth the effort of a restoration.

 

[pgeobc]

Well, thanks everyone for looking and for the comments. Thanks, too, for the encouragement about the film advance. It's not such a big problem, but the rest of the camera is in such good shape that it is hard to imagine this being defective. I'll try some Foma film, for sure.

 

[barnwulf]

I got this idea from one the Folder repair people. I cut a 2 inch long piece of 2 inch wide masking tape and put it on the paper leader up next to the paper tab that slides into the take-up spool. Then just load normally. It works perfectly for me. I just cut about a dozen 2 inch strips and roll them onto something like a old medicine bottle or even an extre plastic film spool. The same website mentioned to just roll a couple of turns of paper past the start arrow on the paper film leader. I haven't tried that but it's supposed to work. Jim

 

[Pherdinand]

The same website mentioned to just roll a couple of turns of paper past the start arrow on the paper film leader. I haven't tried that but it's supposed to work. Jim

it does. that's what i do. by this you give a head start to film spacing (but they do get smaller and smaller at the end).

 

[barnwulf]

Originally posted by Pherdinand

it does. that's what i do. by this you give a head start to film spacing (but they do get smaller and smaller at the end).

I have a Zeiss Super Ikonta III and IV. One has very even spacing and the other has some variation in width even though I load them the same. I am not sure which one has the variation since I sent off rolls from both cameras for processing at a lab. I will have to keep track of rolls a little better. Jim