search for the first owner of my Nettar

[spiderfrank]

Hi guys, I have a beautiful Zeiss Ikon Nettar IIb manufactured in 1949 .
In the case there there is the address of the first owner (I presume):
the address is:

Bengt Persson
Tullgatan, 10
Lund

I mad a little search with Google maps and found Lund is in Sweden, near Malmo, and Tullgatan is a street in the centre of the city. It should be nice to know something about the story of the camera, can anybody help me?

Franco

 

[spiderfrank]

I don't know how it arrived in Itlay, I bought it at a flea market, the vendor knew only that it "should be" a camera, but he tougth it was not working, or need a no more available film... 🙂

 

[bob cole]

Hi guys, I have a beautiful Zeiss Ikon Nettar IIb manufactured in 1949 .
In the case there there is the address of the first owner (I presume):
the address is:

Bengt Persson
Tullgatan, 10
Lund

I mad a little search with Google maps and found Lund is in Sweden, near Malmo, and Tullgatan is a street in the centre of the city. It should be nice to know something about the story of the camera, can anybody help me?

Franco

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Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar
The Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar (right, c.1949) is a modernized version of the original Nettar, which was introduced in 1933. Extremely popular in the UK, it has a body release and chrome top plate, with the squared-off finder window. It has a synthetic leather-covered aluminum body. It was also known as the Zeiss Ikon 518/16 or II(b). The Signal Nettar features double-exposure prevention, because it is impossible to release the shutter until the film is wound and the shutter set. A red signal (hence the name) also appears in an opening next to the camera body release, indicating the film is ready for picture taking. It produced 6x6cm images on 120 rollfilm and was generally sold with an f/4.5 or f/6.3 Novar coated anastigmat lens in a Velio 5-speed shutter (1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 and 1/200).













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[spiderfrank]

My camera has a "Pronto" 4-speed shutter: 1/25" 1/50" 1/100" 1/200" ( plus B of course), and black leather. I think that's the original shutter, because I found a data-sheet reporting "Pronto", as standard shutter for this camera.
The lens is a Novar Anastigmat 75mm f4.5

By the way... The only thing that shows it's age is the script "Zeiss Ikon" on the front left: all the chrome, the leather and the finder are absolutely mint, like new, and yesterday I get a 30x30 photo from the photo shop, and it's perfect, as usual with this little gem... ;-)

Ciao
Franco