Nettar
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The Nettar series by Zeiss Ikon was a successful range of self-erecting folding cameras for 120 roll film. Several types were offered for 6×9cm, 6×6cm and 6×4.5cm format, with different lenses in a variety of shutters.
Contents
Vertical Folders
Nettar 510
Bob 510/2 image by bottledog (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1934
- alternate name: Bob 510
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×4,5cm exposures)
- Shutter: Derval leaf shutter, speeds 1/25 sec – 1/100 sec.
- Lens: Nettar 1:6.3/75mm
- Aperture: 6.3 to 22
- Viewfinder: two frames
Nettar 510/2
- Year of release: 1936
- alternate name: Bob 510/2
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×9cm exposures)
- Shutter: Gauthier leaf shutter, speeds 1/25 sec – 1/75 sec.
- Lens: Nettar 1:7.7/105mm
- Viewfinder: optical indirect vision viewfinder on the lens, additional viewfinder frames on body
Nettar 515
Nettar 515 with Klio shutter and Nettar f/4.5 lens image by fulvue (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1937
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×4.5cm exposures)
- Shutter: Klio leaf shutter, speeds 1 sec – 1/125 sec.
- Lens: Nettar-Anastigmat 1:4.5/7.5cm
- Aperture: 4.5 to 32
- Viewfinder: two frames
Nettar 515/2
Nettar 515/2 with Compur-Rapid and f/3.5 Nettar-Anastigmat image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1937
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×9cm exposures)
- Viewfinder: optical indirect vision viewfinder on the lens
- Lens/shutter combinations:
Leaflet for the Nettar 515/2 in French, dating c.1934. (Image rights) |
Nettar 515/16
- Year of release: 1937
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×6cm exposures)
- Shutter: Telma leaf shutter and KLIO 1/25 – 1/175
- Lens: Novar Anastigmat 1:4.5/75mm
- Viewfinder: two frames
Horizontal Folders
Nettar II 517/16
Nettar 517/16 with f/6.3 Novar Image by Uwe Kulick. (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1949
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×6cm exposures)
- Shutter: Vario leaf shutter (or Pronto or Prontor-SV) , speeds 1/25 sec – 1/200 sec.
- Lens: Novar Anastigmat 1:6.3/75mm, other version with a 1:4.5/75mm
- Aperture: 6.3 to 22 (or 4.5 to 22)
- Viewfinder: optical direct vision viewfinder below flash shoe
Nettar II 518/16
Nettar 518/16 with Vario and f/4.5 Novar image by Bill Strong (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1949
- alternate names: Signal Nettar, Nettar IIb
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×6cm exposures)
- Shutter: Vario leaf shutter , speeds 1/25 sec – 1/200 sec. , alternate model with Prontor-SVS leaf shutter
- Lens: Novar Anastigmat 1:4.5/75mm
- Aperture: 4.5 to 22
- Viewfinder: optical direct vision viewfinder below flash shoe
Nettar 518/16 with Novar-Anastigmat 1:6.3 f=75mm in Vero shutter, in ever-ready case Photo by Arty Smokes. (Image rights) |
Links
image by Mario Groleau (Image rights) |
- manual for old Nettar at David Richert's R&R Photo
- Manual available on the Favorite Classics section of kyphoto.com
- short overview of Nettars
- a more illustrated overview
- Nettar 515, Nettar 515/2, Nettar 515/2, Nettar S, Nettar 515/2, Nettar 515/16, Nettar 517, Nettar 518/2, Nettar 518/16 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- Nettars on Retrography.com by Simon Simonsen, Denmark
- Zeiss Ikon Nettar/Nettar II instruction manual English on www.orphancameras.com