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| Altix-NB c.1958, Version 1 type B [1] image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) |
Altix-NB is a 35mm film viewfinder camera, manufactured by VEB Altissa-Camera-Werk, Dresden, former East Germany and produced between 1958-59.
Altix was a series of simple, but well made of sophisticated 35mm viewfinders with interchangeable lenses. There is an accessory viewfinder for these lenses. The Altix-NB model is the last model built by Altissa in 1958-59 before the merger of several small factories to the huge Kombinat VEB Pentacon.
Specifications
- Lens: Altix-NB was offered with various standard interchangeable lenses, eg. Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8, Meyer Trioplan 50mm f/2.8
- Altissa bayonet breech-lock mount,(similar to the Pentacon Six/Kiev60 but much smaller),
- 35mm, 50mm and 90mm lenses were made for this special mount
- Lens release: by a milled ring on the lens mount,
- when installing the red index mark on the DOF scale must be upper most
- Focusing: manual, guess the distance
- Shutter: Tempor leaf shutter, speeds: 1-1/250 +B
- Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke rapid-wind
- The shutter must be depressed second time after the exposure, before cocking
- View finder: simple reverse telescopic viewfinder, no bright line frames for parallax correction
- Exposure meter: Built-in selenium cell light meter, uncoupled, w/ a lid on its window
- Exposure setting: by a complex dial with a matching needle window
- Others: Cold-shoe; Memory dial; Self-timer; Tripod socket: 1/4 inch
- Back cover: removable with the bottom plate
- Body: made of cast metal; Weight:
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| Altix-NB c.1958, Version 1 type B,
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Notes and references
Links
- on Altissa Museum by Michael Spehr (German)
- on Helmut's Fotokiste (German)
