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* in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401062513/www.altissa-museum.de/index.html Altissa Museum by Michael Spehr] (archived) (German) | * in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401062513/www.altissa-museum.de/index.html Altissa Museum by Michael Spehr] (archived) (German) | ||
* From [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ Sylvain Halgand's site (French):] | * From [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ Sylvain Halgand's site (French):] |
Revision as of 13:50, 9 November 2022
Altix was a series of sophisticated 35mm viewfinder cameras, made by Eho-Altissa and its successors in Dresden, Germany, from 1938 onwards.[1]
Production restarted after the war, and later models starting with the Altissa V from 1954, have interchangeable lenses. The Altix mount is a breech-lock type mount, which was unique to these cameras, several lenses from high end makers such as Zeiss or Meyer-Optik were made. The IIIa had a 29mm screw mount for intechangeable lenses which was abandoned in favor of the Altix-n mount.
The Altix-NB is the last model built by Altissa in 1958-59 before the merger of several small factories to the huge Kombinat VEB Pentacon.
Altix I Version 2 (1939), w/ Laack Pololyt 35mm f/3.5 [2] image by Dan DeMento (Image rights) |
Models
There is a detailed classification of Altix cameras, models with versions and types, in Altissa Museum (archived) by Michael Spehr.
Model | Introduced | frame | comments |
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Altix I | 1938 | 24x24 | fixed-focus; 1939: two zone focus, production soon ended due to WW2 |
Altix I | 1947 | 24x24 | Post-WW2 model, photos in Altissa Museum (archived) |
Altix II | 1948 | 24x24 | |
Altix III | 1948 | 24x24 | photos in Altissa Museum (archived) |
Altix IIIA | 1949 | 24x36 | interchangeable lenses 29mm screw lens mount photos in Altissa Museum (archived) |
Altix IV | 1952 | 24x36 | also sold in USA as the Classic 35 |
Altix V | 1956 | 24x36 | interchangeable lenses, knob wind |
Altix-N | 1957 | 24x36 | interchangeable lenses, lever wind; name on top |
Altix-N | 1959 | 24x36 | interchangeable lenses; name on front |
Altix-NB | 1958 | 24x36 | interchangeable lenses, top-mounted light meter |
Altix-NB | 1958 | 24x36 | interchangeable lenses, integral light meter |
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Notes
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover)., p.257-8
- ↑ in AltissaMuseum (archived)
- ↑ in Altissa Museum (archived)
Links
- Altix-N and its lens options advertised in February 1959 (Popular Photography magazine; Vol. 44, No. 2; pg. 80).
- in Altissa Museum by Michael Spehr (archived) (German)
- From Sylvain Halgand's site (French):
- in Helmut's Fotokiste (German)
- From www.OrphanCameras.com Altix IV instruction manual - English
- From www.OrphanCameras.com Altix V instruction manual - German
- From www.OrphanCameras.com Altix N instruction manual - German