{"product_id":"superb-1938-zeiss-ikon-super-ikonta-6x9-tessar-lens-clad-freshly-serviced-1","title":"SUPERB! 1938 Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 6x9, Tessar lens. CLA'd, Freshly Serviced!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript language=\"JavaScript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nvar message=\"© Petrakla 2016 Unauthorized use is a copyright violation\"; function keypressed() {;return false;}document.onkeydown=keypressed;function clickIE4(){ if (event.button==2){ alert(message); return false; } } function clickNS4(e){ if (document.layers||document.getElementById\u0026\u0026!document.all){ if (e.which==2||e.which==3){ alert(message); return false; } } } if (document.layers){ document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN); document.onmousedown=clickNS4; } else if (document.all\u0026\u0026!document.getElementById){ document.onmousedown=clickIE4; } document.oncontextmenu=new Function(\"alert(message);return false\")\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cscript src=\"\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.7.1\/jquery.min.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cscript src=\"jquery.zoomooz.min.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cmeta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=windows-1252\"\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n(function(d){  var f = d.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0], p = d.createElement('SCRIPT');  p.type = 'text\/javascript';  p.async = true;  p.src = '\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js';  f.parentNode.insertBefore(p, f);}(document));\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cmeta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"titel2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCleaned, Lubricated \u0026amp; Adjusted. Ready for immediate use!\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 9.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"\u003eThis is a freshly serviced top-of-the-line 6x9 Super Ikonta. It features a built in coupled rangefinder that makes focusing quick and easy. It produces beautiful photos on normal \u003cb\u003e120 roll film\u003c\/b\u003e with all the details and lovely colors that only medium format can provide. When it comes to photography, bigger is better and with this camera you can create a negative that’s 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"\u003eThe serial number of the camera (G878166) indicates that it was produced in Germany in 1938. Everything about it exudes quality and it was one of the finest cameras of its time. This 531\/2 model featured a double exposures guard housed in a chromed cover located under the film advance knob and a more elaborate shutter release linkage compared to earlier versions. Overall, the camera sports the expensive professional look of the period which favored a black Moroccan leather with contrasting chrome accents. In the 1930’s chrome was considered a luxury item and was used to appeal to the affluent buyers of the period.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"\u003eAdditionally this camera is also capable of producing 6x4.5 negatives if you have a suitable reduction mask in your collection. (Mask not included.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"\u003eThis 88 year old camera is in exceptionally fine condition. It has been carefully \u003cb\u003ecleaned, lubricated and adjusted. \u003c\/b\u003eThe \u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eCompur-Rapid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e shutter was the best shutter of its era and available to Super Ikonta buyers as an optional extra. The shutter w\u003c\/span\u003eorks smoothly, all speeds (B \u0026amp; 1 sec - 1\/400\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e) are appropriate. The slow speeds buzz along smoothly and the faster ones are clean and snappy. The fine Moroccan leather covering is lovely. The Zeiss-Ikon logo on the rear is clean and clear. The bellows are soft, supple and completely light tight. The coupled rangefinder array has also been cleaned and it’s clean, accurate and easy to use. The folding Albada bight-line viewfinder on this camera is also all original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"\u003eThe lens the desirable f3.5\/10,5 cm (105mm) \u003cb\u003eZeiss\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTessar, \u003c\/b\u003erather than the more common f4.5\/105mm. The f3.5\/105 Tessar lens, in combination with the \u003cb\u003eCompur-Rapid \u003c\/b\u003eshutter made this model the most expensive Super Ikonta available from Zeiss-Ikon in the 1930’s. The lens is in exceptionally fine condition. It’s clean and clear, there are no scratches, no cleaning marks and it’s capable of producing lovely photos with modern color and B\u0026amp;W films. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"\u003eAll in all, a wonderful classic camera. Load it with your favorite film and keep it handy for that perfect shot you’ve been looking for. You know the one... the one with the perfect Ansel Adams light breaking through the dark storm clouds that leaves you wishing you had a 6x9 camera with you.\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eHere are some examples of what you can expect from this camera. 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