Ernemann Heag XV

comparison with opened matchbox in an ad

The Ernemann Heag XV is a vest pocket folder for 4 1/2 x 6 cm plates or film sheets. Model I has fixed focus, Model II has a focusing lever on the folding bed. It was advertised as the lightest vest pocket folder with automatic standard positioning on focus infinity.

The version of 1911 has a 1:6.8/8cm Ernastigmat lens and an Automat shutter with speeds up to 1/100 sec. . Compared to the earlier version shown in the ad it has no more the two bulb connectors on the lens board, and it has just one normal-sized reflecting type finder instead of the two little brilliant finder cubes. Another new version of that year is the Stereo-Camera Heag XV for the 45x107mm format, with Automat shutter and 1:6.8/65mm Detectiv-Aplanat lenses.

Ernemann Heag XV 4.5x6 (Model II)

Great sample of Ernemann Heag XV 4.5x6 (1922) with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:6.3 90 mm

This later model of the Ernemann Heag XV 4.5x6 ware in production from 1911 to 1925. Vertical self-erecting folding plate vest-pocket camera; single folding finder; radial-lever focusing system. Overall amazing miniature camera with extended length only 80 mm, closed dimensions of 2.5x6.5x9 cm and weight only about 0.300 kg.

Produced with 3 types of shutters and 7 types of lens:

1. Ernemann Detective Aplanat 1:6.8

2. Ernemann Anastigmat 1:7.8 80mm

3. Ernemann Doppel Anastigmat 1:6 80mm

4. Ernemann Doppel Anastigmat 1:5.4 80mm

5. Ernemann Doppel Anastigmat Ernon 1:6.8 80mm

6. Zeiss Tessar 1:6.3 90mm

7. Goerz Dagor 1:6.8 70mm

Links

• Ernemann Heag XV on Au fil des images by J.C.Boussat (in French)