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| + | Box cameras were dedicated to photographic beginners. Some models of [[Goerz]]'s and later [[Zeiss Ikon]]'s '''Box-Tengor''' series were more sophisticated models of such beginners cameras, with simple distance and aperture preselection. Different Tengors were offered for the film formats 116, 120 and 129. | ||
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Revision as of 11:23, 4 December 2012
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Box cameras were dedicated to photographic beginners. Some models of Goerz's and later Zeiss Ikon's Box-Tengor series were more sophisticated models of such beginners cameras, with simple distance and aperture preselection. Different Tengors were offered for the film formats 116, 120 and 129.
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| 4.5x6cm 1932-39 54 & 6x9 1934-38 54/2 models image by AWCam (Image rights) |
Specifications of type 54/2, later version:
- Type: Box camera
- Manufacturer: Zeiss Ikon (product line taken over from Goerz)
- Years of production: 1934-38
- Film: 120 roll film
- Lens: Goerz Frontar
- Shutter: single speed
- Aperture: switchable: 1:11, 1:16 or 1:22
- Focusing: switchable: 1m, 3m+, 8m+
- Viewfinder: two built-in brilliant finders, one for vertical, one for horizontal image format
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Links
- GOERZ Box-Tengor (1925) at Ken Lyndrup's [1]
- Images of a Box Tengor 54/2 by Michael Vogel
- Pages of the camera collection by Sylvain Halgand:
- Box Tengor in Pacific Rim's Photographica pages
- Box Tengor in the Virtual Camera Museum at www.virtualcameramuseum.com
- Out of the Box Tengor - Flickr group of pictures of and from Box Tengors
