Zeiss 520 6x45 Folder

[sooner]

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.

 

[VictorM.]

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

 

[sooner]

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]

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]

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?