Ikoflex 1
The Ikoflex II (851/16) is a TLR camera that was made by Zeiss Ikon from 1936 onwards. Confusingly, it was renamed Ikoflex 1 (850/16) in 1939, replacing the original Ikoflex I[1]. It created 6x6cm negatives (or slides) on 120 film.
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German TLR ( ) | |||
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35 mm | Contaflex | Flexilette | Optima Reflex | ||
3×4 | Pilot Reflex | ||
4×4 | Baby Rolleiflex (1931) | Baby Rolleiflex (1957) | Karma-Flex | ||
6×6 | Altiflex | Amplion Reflex | Brillant | Flektar | Flexo | Flexora | Flexora II | Flexora III | Foth-Flex | Ikoflex 1 | Ikoflex II | Ikoflex Ia | Ikoflex Ic Ikoflex Favorit | Karma-Flex | Mentorett | Montiflex | Peerflekta | Perfekta | Photina Reflex | Plascaflex | Reflecta | Reflekta | Reflekta II | Rica Flex | Rocca Automatic | Rocca Super Reflex | Rolleiflex | Rolleicord | Rollop | Superb | Superflex | Trumpfreflex | Vitaflex | Weltaflex | Wirgin Reflex | Zeca-Flex | ||
6×9 | Superfekta |
Ikoflex 1 ad, Feb 1949 U.S. Camera image by camerawiki (Image rights) |
Ikoflex 1 ad, Apr 1949 U.S. Camera image by camerawiki (Image rights) |
Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex II image by Arty Smokes (Image rights) |
Specifications
"coffee-can" image by Kazutaka Tsutsui (Image rights) |
Original "coffee can" Ikoflex I
- Taking lens: Zeiss Ikon Novar 75mm f/4.5
- Viewing lens: f/3.5
- Film-advance mechanism with exposure counter
Ikoflex 1 alias Ikoflex II
- Taking lens: Carl Zeiss Jena, or Zeiss-Opton T (coated), Tessar, or Trioplan, 75mm, f/3.5. (10 aperture blades).
- Viewing lens: Teronar-Anigstigmat f/3.5
- Focusing range: 3 feet 6 inches to infinity.
- Shutter: Zeiss Ikon Compur-Rapid, T/B/1s - 1/500s or Prontor 1-1/300s.
- Double-exposure prevention, because the film-advance knob must be wound on before firing. If the film counter has reached past 12, the shutter will also not fire.
Ikoflex II's bright matte screen image by Don Servillas (Image rights) |
References
Links
+ manual Ikoflex II at Michael Butkus' [1]