Lola
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| ICA Lola c.1912 image by Süleyman Demir {{ (Image rights)}} |
ICA Lola was manufactured by Internationale Camera AG (ICA), Stuttgart, Germany and produced between 1912-14. It is a folder bed plate film camera and its format is 9x12cm. ICA (Wünsche) catalog no.136 ( as to McKeown's). Small round plate on the inside of the right wall of the camera: the Ica icon and Ica Akt.Ges. Dresden
Lens: Ica Akt-Ges. Extra-Rapid-Aplanat "Helios" 135mm f/8, filter slip-on, Aperture range f/8-f/36, Bellows focusing, Focus range: 2-16m +inf. Shutter: Ica leaf shutter, speeds 1/25-1/100th plus B & Z. Cocking and Shutter release: by the same lever, on front of the lens-shutter barrel, Manual shutter cocking and releasing on the same time, for the speed settings, by pressing once the lever, the diaphragm opens and closes, for B press and release, for Z (T) press and press again. View finder: Waist level Brilliant Finder on top of the lens standard, turning 90 degrees left on its own axis for landscape pictures. Bellows: single extension, can slide vertically by loosening of a screw knob on the lens standard for parallax correction. Body:Wooden covered with leatherette, bed plate: metal, Weighs 768g
International Camera A.G. ICA was formed in 1909 by the amalgamation of four different camera factories: Hüttig AG in Dresden, Wünsche AG in Reick near Dresden, Kamerawerk Dr.Rudolf Krügener in Frankfurt/M, and Carl Zeiss Palmos AG in Jena. Three years later G. Zulauf & Co. from Zurich was added to the firm.
ICA continued to produce the camera models of the partners before merger. Hüttig, one of the oldest and biggest camera makers was founded in 1862.
Wünsche made so much camera models, e.g. Bosco, Ada, Afpi, Kolibri, Vitri, Excelsior Syrene, Mars, Nymphe, Nixe, Lola, Knox, etc. Lola was a continued Wünsche model before merger and produced with some different lenses during their manufacturing era.
Carl Zeiss Jena, a leading supplier of photographic objectives to the merged firms, was the initiator of the merger. They wanted to ensure the continuity of their lens production and simultaneously gain control of Dresden's camera industry, which had become its own enemy by too much competition. Originally, the company logo was a five-pointed star. Later this was changed to a light-bearing angel.
ICA produced a variety of cameras, continuing some of the camera lines of the founder companies.
In 1926, Ica was one of the name-giving partners in Zeiss-Ikon. The others were Ernemann, also in Dresden, Goerz and Contessa-Nettel. The serial number system employed by Zeiss Ikon until its demise in 1972 was initiated early on when Ica was established, using a letter preceding the serial number.
--Dr.Süleyman Demir 01:24, 17 February 2011 (PST)
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| ICA Lola c.1912 image by Süleyman Demir {{ (Image rights)}} |
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| ICA Lola c.1912 image by Süleyman Demir {{ (Image rights)}} |
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| ICA Lola c.1912 image by Süleyman Demir {{ (Image rights)}} |
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Source
- 1- McKeown's Cameras 2005-2006, p.418
