sooner
Well-known
Hi Folks,
I just "won" one of these on the Bay, allegedly cla'd a few years ago and in good user condition. It's in the mail to me now. Has a compur shutter and 70mm lens, uncoated. Anyone use one of these and have any tips or just plain comments to make? Looks like back in the day it was a compact family model for snapshots. Is the glass any good? Thanks.
I just "won" one of these on the Bay, allegedly cla'd a few years ago and in good user condition. It's in the mail to me now. Has a compur shutter and 70mm lens, uncoated. Anyone use one of these and have any tips or just plain comments to make? Looks like back in the day it was a compact family model for snapshots. Is the glass any good? Thanks.
VictorM.
Well-known
Zeiss glass is almost always good, uncoated, coated, 3-element or 4-element.
http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/zeiss/ikonta/ikonta.htm
http://davidrichert.com/zeiss_models.htm
http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/zeiss/ikonta/ikonta.htm
http://davidrichert.com/zeiss_models.htm
sooner
Well-known
Thanks for the links, I found the camera and a manual for it. I can't wait to see if it's really in good shape or not, and how the pictures look.
puderse
Established
Found this at a garage sale! Scanned some pix but the files are too large. Maybe later when this old dog learns a new trick. Surprising results. On mine, the viewfinder shows more than appears on neg. Allow for that.
sooner
Well-known
Thanks, Puderse, for the picture. Mine is supposed to be the Tessar example, so I have high hopes for it. One thing I can't figure out, though, is that all the websites talk about the 520 only coming in 75mm, whereas the picture of mine simply says 7 cm, or 70mm. What's up with that?