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| − | * 10x15 cm | + | * 10x15 cm<ref name=W10B>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=221639&_ssl=off#221639 10x15 cm Deckrullo-Nettel] in black leather finish, about 1922, with 18 cm f/4.5 Schneider Xenar, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=215781&acat=215781&lang=3 May 2011 Westlicht auction].</ref><ref name=W10Btele>Contessa-Nettel [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=80355&_ssl=off#80355 10x15 cm Deckrullo-Nettel] in black leather finish, about 1920, with extension bellows to accommodate a Busch 340 mm f/7.5 Bis-Telar Series II telephoto lens; sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=76830&acat=76830&lang=3 May 2007 Westlicht auction.</ref> |
* 4¼*6½ inch (half plate) | * 4¼*6½ inch (half plate) | ||
* 13x18 cm<ref name=W13T>Contessa-Nettel [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=259723&_ssl=off#259723 13x18 cm Tropical Deckrullo-Nettel, 1923], with 21 cm f/4.5 Tessar, and [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=259845&_ssl=off#259845 1926 camera] with 16.5 cm f/2.7 Tessar, offered at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=246554&acat=246554&lang=3 May 2012 Westlicht auction].</ref> | * 13x18 cm<ref name=W13T>Contessa-Nettel [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=259723&_ssl=off#259723 13x18 cm Tropical Deckrullo-Nettel, 1923], with 21 cm f/4.5 Tessar, and [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=259845&_ssl=off#259845 1926 camera] with 16.5 cm f/2.7 Tessar, offered at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=246554&acat=246554&lang=3 May 2012 Westlicht auction].</ref> | ||
McKeown only lists the Zeiss Ikon camera in centimetre sizes.<ref name=McK></ref> | McKeown only lists the Zeiss Ikon camera in centimetre sizes.<ref name=McK></ref> | ||
| − | As often with cameras of this period, McKeown lists the Decrullo-Nettel with a vast range of available lenses, including ones by Goerz, Voigtländer and Carl Zeiss. The lens board has horizontal and vertical movements. | + | As often with cameras of this period, McKeown lists the Decrullo-Nettel with a vast range of available lenses, including ones by Goerz, Voigtländer and Carl Zeiss; examples sold at Westlicht suggest that many were sold with Tessars. The lens board has horizontal and vertical movements. |
The shutter has a wide range of speeds, by adjustment of both the spring tension and the gap width between the blinds. The range of speeds differs from one plate-size to another, larger cameras having faster top speeds; the 13x18 cm camera has a top speed of 1/2800 second.<ref name=W13T></ref> | The shutter has a wide range of speeds, by adjustment of both the spring tension and the gap width between the blinds. The range of speeds differs from one plate-size to another, larger cameras having faster top speeds; the 13x18 cm camera has a top speed of 1/2800 second.<ref name=W13T></ref> | ||
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The strut mechanism is characteristic of Nettel, and gives variable bellows extension for focusing, with a focus knob on the left side. The end of one of the struts appears as the pointer on a focus scale, in a slot in the top of the body. Of course, the camera also allows focusing with a ground-glass screen. The camera also has a wire frame finder. | The strut mechanism is characteristic of Nettel, and gives variable bellows extension for focusing, with a focus knob on the left side. The end of one of the struts appears as the pointer on a focus scale, in a slot in the top of the body. Of course, the camera also allows focusing with a ground-glass screen. The camera also has a wire frame finder. | ||
| − | The standard models of the camera have black leather body covering and black-painted lens boards.<ref>[http://www.lungov.com/wagner/c/085c.html Deckrullo-Nettel] at [http://www.lungov.com/wagner/index.html Wagner Lungov's website].</ref> There are also tropical models, with uncovered hardwood bodies and brown leather bellows.<ref name=W13T></ref> | + | The standard models of the camera have black leather body covering and black-painted lens boards.<ref>[http://www.lungov.com/wagner/c/085c.html Deckrullo-Nettel] at [http://www.lungov.com/wagner/index.html Wagner Lungov's website].</ref> There are also tropical models, with uncovered hardwood bodies and brown leather bellows, as illustrated here.<ref name=W13T></ref> |
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The Deckrullo-Nettel is a series of wooden-bodied strut-folding plate cameras with focal-plane shutters. They were first made by Nettel Kamerawerk from about 1909,[1] and was continued both by Contessa-Nettel from 1919-26, and after that by Zeiss Ikon until 1928.
The Deckrullo-Nettel is an improved model of the Nettel; its name first appeared in catalogues as Deckrouleau-Nettel (Deck = 'cover'), referring to the self-capping focal-plane shutter (i.e. the shutter is light-tight while being tensioned; the shutter of the original Nettel is not self-capping; the cameras are otherwise very similar). The Nettel was produced alongside the Deckrullo-Nettel for some time.[1] The camera was available in many plate sizes:
- 6 or 6.5x9 cm[2][3]
- 3¼x4¼ inch (quarter plate)
- 9x12 cm
- 10x15 cm[4][5]
- 4¼*6½ inch (half plate)
- 13x18 cm[6]
McKeown only lists the Zeiss Ikon camera in centimetre sizes.[1]
As often with cameras of this period, McKeown lists the Decrullo-Nettel with a vast range of available lenses, including ones by Goerz, Voigtländer and Carl Zeiss; examples sold at Westlicht suggest that many were sold with Tessars. The lens board has horizontal and vertical movements.
The shutter has a wide range of speeds, by adjustment of both the spring tension and the gap width between the blinds. The range of speeds differs from one plate-size to another, larger cameras having faster top speeds; the 13x18 cm camera has a top speed of 1/2800 second.[6]
The strut mechanism is characteristic of Nettel, and gives variable bellows extension for focusing, with a focus knob on the left side. The end of one of the struts appears as the pointer on a focus scale, in a slot in the top of the body. Of course, the camera also allows focusing with a ground-glass screen. The camera also has a wire frame finder.
The standard models of the camera have black leather body covering and black-painted lens boards.[7] There are also tropical models, with uncovered hardwood bodies and brown leather bellows, as illustrated here.[6]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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). p713 (Nettel), 214 (Contessa-Nettel) and 1048 (Zeiss Ikon).
- ↑ Contessa-Nettel 6.5x9 cm Deckrullo-Nettel in black leather and paint, about 1912, with 12 cm f/4.5 CZJ Tessar, sold at the May 2009 Westlicht Photographica Auction.
- ↑ Contessa-Nettel 6.5x9 cm Tropical Deckrullo-Nettel, about 1924, also with 12 cm f/4.5 Tessar, sold at the http://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=54421&acat=54421&lang=3 May 2006 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ 10x15 cm Deckrullo-Nettel in black leather finish, about 1922, with 18 cm f/4.5 Schneider Xenar, sold at the May 2011 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ Contessa-Nettel 10x15 cm Deckrullo-Nettel in black leather finish, about 1920, with extension bellows to accommodate a Busch 340 mm f/7.5 Bis-Telar Series II telephoto lens; sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=76830&acat=76830&lang=3 May 2007 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Contessa-Nettel 13x18 cm Tropical Deckrullo-Nettel, 1923, with 21 cm f/4.5 Tessar, and 1926 camera with 16.5 cm f/2.7 Tessar, offered at the May 2012 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ Deckrullo-Nettel at Wagner Lungov's website.
