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− | '''Altix''' | + | '''Altix''' is a series of sophisticated [[35mm]] [[viewfinder camera]]s, made by [[Eho-Altissa]] and its successors in Dresden, Germany, from 1938 onwards.<ref>{{McKeown12}}, p.257-8</ref> |
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+ | 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 has a 29mm screw mount for interchangeable lenses, which was abandoned in favor of the Altix-n mount. | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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|image_align= right | |image_align= right | ||
− | |image_text= Altix I Version 2 (1939), w/ Laack Pololyt 35mm f/3.5 <ref>in [http://www.altissa-museum.de/kameras/altix/altixi/0196b9920e139e905.html AltissaMuseum]</ref> | + | |image_text= Altix I Version 2 (1939), w/ Laack Pololyt 35mm f/3.5 <ref>in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130607063652/http://www.altissa-museum.de:80/kameras/altix/altixi/0196b9920e139e905.html AltissaMuseum] (archived)</ref> |
|image_by= Dan DeMento | |image_by= Dan DeMento | ||
|image_rights= with permission | |image_rights= with permission | ||
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==Models== | ==Models== | ||
− | There is a detailed classification of Altix cameras, models with versions and types, in [http:// | + | There is a detailed classification of Altix cameras, models with versions and types, in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140724101456/http://altissa-museum.de/index.html Altissa Museum] (archived) by Michael Spehr. |
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| 1947 | | 1947 | ||
| 24x24 | | 24x24 | ||
− | | Post-WW2 model, photos in [http://www.altissa-museum.de/kameras/altix/altixi/index.html Altissa Museum] | + | | Post-WW2 model, photos in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130404032156/http://www.altissa-museum.de/kameras/altix/altixi/index.html Altissa Museum] (archived) |
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| Altix II | | Altix II | ||
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|1948 | |1948 | ||
|24x24 | |24x24 | ||
− | |photos in [http://www.altissa-museum.de/kameras/altix/ | + | |photos in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130404032156/http://www.altissa-museum.de/kameras/altix/altixi/index.html Altissa Museum] (archived) |
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− | |Altix | + | |Altix IIIA |
| 1949 | | 1949 | ||
|24x36 | |24x36 | ||
− | |photos in [http://www.altissa-museum.de/kameras/altix/ | + | |interchangeable lenses 29mm screw lens mount<br>photos in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130404032156/http://www.altissa-museum.de/kameras/altix/altixi/index.html Altissa Museum] (archived) |
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|Altix IV | |Altix IV | ||
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+ | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/90900361@N08/40544083851/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
+ | |image= http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4699/40544083851_25658e9c22_n.jpg | ||
+ | |image_align= | ||
+ | |image_text= Altix II <br><small>image by Osarchadim</small> | ||
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+ | |image_rights= wp | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |image_source= https://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/6801546849/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
+ | |image= https://live.staticflickr.com/7154/6801546849_1744542845_n.jpg | ||
+ | |image_align= left | ||
+ | |image_text= Altix IIIa, c.1949 | ||
+ | |image_by= Süleyman Demir | ||
+ | |image_rights= wp | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |image_source= https://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/6801543591/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
+ | |image= https://live.staticflickr.com/7025/6801543591_5de559ecfb_n.jpg | ||
+ | |image_align= left | ||
+ | |image_text= Altix IIIa, c.1949 | ||
+ | |image_by= Süleyman Demir | ||
+ | |image_rights= wp | ||
+ | }} | ||
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{{Flickr_image | {{Flickr_image | ||
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alf_sigaro/292377590/in/pool-camerawiki/ | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alf_sigaro/292377590/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alf_sigaro/582112413/in/pool-camerawiki/ | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alf_sigaro/582112413/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/awcam/2735567797/in/pool-camerawiki | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/awcam/2735567797/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/awcam/4489220659/in/pool-camerawiki | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/awcam/4489220659/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
|image= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4489220659_e58c6f0ddd.jpg | |image= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4489220659_e58c6f0ddd.jpg | ||
|image_align= left | |image_align= left | ||
− | |image_text= | + | |image_text= Altix-N |
|image_by= AWCam | |image_by= AWCam | ||
|image_rights= wp | |image_rights= wp | ||
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{{Flickr_image | {{Flickr_image | ||
|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alf_sigaro/582079500/in/pool-camerawiki/ | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/alf_sigaro/582079500/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
|image= http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1312/582079500_9a44a134f0_n.jpg | |image= http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1312/582079500_9a44a134f0_n.jpg | ||
|image_align= left | |image_align= left | ||
− | |image_text= Altix-N, (1959) | + | |image_text= Altix-N, late version(1959) |
|image_by= Alf Sigaro | |image_by= Alf Sigaro | ||
|image_rights= nc | |image_rights= nc | ||
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/4997586639/in/pool-camerawiki | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-demir/4997586639/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
|image= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/4997586639_f0a882e842_n.jpg | |image= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/4997586639_f0a882e842_n.jpg | ||
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− | |image_text= Altix-NB c.1958, Version 1 type B <ref>in [http://www.altissa-museum.de/kameras/altix/altixnb/index.html Altissa Museum]</ref> image by Süleyman Demir | + | |image_text= Altix-NB c.1958, Version 1 type B <ref>in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130404030018/http://www.altissa-museum.de/kameras/altix/altixnb/index.html Altissa Museum] (archived)</ref> image by Süleyman Demir |
|image_by= Süleyman Demir | |image_by= Süleyman Demir | ||
|image_rights= with permission | |image_rights= with permission | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | * in [ | + | *[https://all-my-cameras.com/2021/01/11/the-altissa-altix-v/ Altix V review] at [https://all-my-cameras.com/ All my cameras] |
+ | * Altix-N and its lens options [https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/52488378809/in/pool-camerawiki/ advertised in February 1959] (''Popular Photography'' magazine; Vol. 44, No. 2; pg. 80). | ||
+ | * 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):] | ||
** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1203 Eho Altissa Altix V] | ** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1203 Eho Altissa Altix V] | ||
** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10804 Altix N] | ** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10804 Altix N] | ||
− | * in [http:// | + | * in [https://web.archive.org/web/20170516152836/http://helmuts-fotokiste.de/ Helmut's Fotokiste] (German) (archived) |
− | ** [http://www.helmuts-fotokiste.de/kameras/hersteller-a-b/altissa/altix-n.html Altix N] | + | ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20170413180054/http://www.helmuts-fotokiste.de/kameras/hersteller-a-b/altissa/altix-n.html Altix N] |
− | ** [http://www.helmuts-fotokiste.de/kameras/hersteller-a-b/altissa/altix-nb.html Altix NB] | + | ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160324025657/http://www.helmuts-fotokiste.de/kameras/hersteller-a-b/altissa/altix-nb.html Altix NB] |
+ | *[https://cameracollector.net/eho-altissa-altix/ More about Altissa Altix] in [https://cameracollector.net/ cameracollector.net] | ||
* From [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/altix/altix_iv/altix_iv.htm www.OrphanCameras.com] Altix IV instruction manual - English | * From [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/altix/altix_iv/altix_iv.htm www.OrphanCameras.com] Altix IV instruction manual - English | ||
* From [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/altix/altix_v/altix_v.htm www.OrphanCameras.com ] Altix V instruction manual - German | * From [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/altix/altix_v/altix_v.htm www.OrphanCameras.com ] Altix V instruction manual - German | ||
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+ | [[Category:Eho-Altissa]] |
Latest revision as of 13:08, 20 February 2024
Altix is 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 has a 29mm screw mount for interchangeable 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 V review at All my cameras
- 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) (archived)
- More about Altissa Altix in cameracollector.net
- 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