1936 6x9 Super Ikonta with Tessar Lens, FRESHLY SERVICED

Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use

Did I hear you say you were looking for a fine classic medium format camera with a coupled rangefinder? One that you can easily slip into an unused corner of your camera bag or back pack? A camera that will increase in value as the years go by? And most important of all, a lovely camera that will deliver outstanding photo’s....?

Well, this week we have another freshly serviced Super Ikonta (serial number B72596). It has a built in coupled rangefinder that never leaves you guessing about the distance or the focus. It’s a lovely camera that easily slips into a jacket pocket or a back pack and yet folds out to take 8 beautiful 6x9 exposures on normal 120 roll film. Bright exposures alive with all the vivid details and lovely colors that only medium format or larger can provide. When it comes to photography, bigger is better and with this camera you can create a negative that is about 6 times larger than the average 35mm snap shot. So whether you’re interested in large prints, fine grain, rich tonal gradations or lovely colors, this camera will do all of that and may just become your favorite photographic companion.

This camera is also capable of producing 6x4.5 negatives, if you have a reduction mask in your collection. (Mask not included.)

This is a quality prewar camera has obvious signs of use but it’s very clean, presentable and fully functional. Its serial number and that of its lens indicates that it was produced in Dresden Germany in 1936. It was produced at a time when the world looked incredible different than it does now. This Super Ikonta has been carefully cleaned, lubricated and adjusted. The quality Compur shutter works well. All speeds (B, T & 1 sec - 1/250th) are appropriate. The slow speeds buzz along smoothly and the faster ones are clean and snappy.

The coupled rangefinder has been cleaned and it’s clean, accurate and easy to use. The viewfinder has been professionally cleaned (the old hazy silver coating chemically removed) and it is now a normal, perfectly clear optical viewfinder. The bellows are soft, supple and completely light tight. The bellows are soft, supple and completely light tight.

The lens is a Carl Zeiss f4.5/10,5 cm (105mm) Tessar . The Tessar is a superb design with four elements in three groups. This lens is exceptionally clean. There are no scratches. There are no separated elements, crystallization or other problems and it’s capable of producing lovely photos with modern color and black & white films.