Nettar
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| Nettar lens on a Nettar 515/2 image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
The Nettar series by Zeiss Ikon was a successful range of self-erecting folding cameras for 120 roll film (often described as B2 6x9 film). Several types were offered for 6×9cm, 6×6cm and 6×4.5cm format, with different lenses in a variety of shutters. Zeiss Ikon also produced a Nettar equipped with an exposure meter, the Nettax (513/16).
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Nettar 510
- Year of release: 1934
- alternate name: Bob 510
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×4,5cm exposures)
- Lens/shutter combinations :
- Nettar 1:6.3/7.5cm in a Derval or Telma leaf shutter
- Aperture: 6.3 to 22
- Viewfinder: two frames
- Dimensions (folded) : 118 x 92 x 49 mm
- Weight : 410 Grams
Nettar 510/2
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| Bob 510/2 image by bottledog (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1936
- alternate name: Bob 510/2
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×9cm exposures)
- Shutter: Gauthier leaf shutter, speeds 1/25 sec – 1/75 sec.
- Lens: Nettar 1:7.7/10.5cm
- Viewfinder: optical indirect vision viewfinder on the lens, additional viewfinder frames on body
- Dimensions (folded) : 164 x 84 x 36 mm
- Weight : 580 Grams
Nettar 515
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| Nettar 515 with Klio shutter and Nettar f/4.5 lens image by fulvue (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1937
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×4.5cm exposures)
- Lens/shutter combinations :
- Nettar 1:6.3/7.5cm in a Derval or Telma leaf shutter
- Nettar 1:4.5/7.5cm in a Telma or Klio leaf shutter
- Viewfinder: two frames
- Dimensions (folded) : 114 x 79 x 43 mm
- Weight : 430 Grams
Nettar 515/2
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| Nettar 515/2 with Compur-Rapid and f/3.5 Nettar-Anastigmat image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1933
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×9cm exposures)
- Viewfinder: optical indirect vision viewfinder on the lens
- Lens/shutter combinations:
- Prewar and during war :
- Nettar 1:7.7/10.5cm in Derval leaf shutter
- Nettar 1:6.3/10.5cm in Nettar, Derval, Telma or Klio leaf shutter
- Nettar 1:4.5/11cm in Telma, Klio, Compur or Compur-Rapid leaf shutter
- Nettar 1:3.5/10.5cm in Compur-Rapid leaf shutter
- Novar Anastigmat 1:6.3/105mm in Compur-Rapid leaf shutter
- Novar Anastigmat 1:4.5/11cm in Telma leaf shutter
- Tessar 1:4.5/10.5cm in Compur or Compur-Rapid leaf shutter.
- Postwar :
- Prewar and during war :
- Dimensions (folded) : 155 x 80 x 42 mm
- Weight : 650 Grams
 
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| Leaflet for the Nettar 515/2 in French, dating c.1934. (Image rights) |
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| Nettar 515/2 with Nettar f/6.3 in Telma shutter image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
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Zeiss Ikon Nettar 512/2 version C with hexagonal face plate (~1935) fitted with Nettar Anastigmat f/6.5 10.5cm in Nettar shutter | |||||||||||
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Zeiss Ikon Nettar 512/2 version D (~1937) fitted with Novar Anastigmat f/4.5 11cm in Telma shutter | |||||||||||
Nettar 516
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| Zeiss Ikon Nettar 516 image by Diego Santi (Image rights) |
The Nettar 516 is almost the same as a top of the range 515 but has a double exposure prevention system added and a Novar instead of a Nettar lens.
- Year of release: 1940
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×4,5cm exposures)
- Shutter: Klio leaf shutter
- Lens: Novar-Anastigmat 1:4.5/75mm
- Double exposure prevention
- Viewfinder: two frames
Nettar 516/2
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| Zeiss Ikon Nettar 516/2 image by Ilya.Bur (Image rights) |
The Nettar 516/2 is almost the same as a top of the range 515/2 but has a double exposure prevention system added and a Novar or Tessar instead of a Nettar lens.
- Year of release: 1940
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×9cm exposures)
- Lens/Shutter combinations:
- Novar-Anastigmat 1:4.5/105mm in a Telma, Klio or Compur leaf shutter
- Tessar 1:4.5/105mm in a Compur leaf shutter
- Double exposure prevention
- Viewfinder: two frames
Nettar 517/2
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| Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/2 image by Chi Bellami (Image rights) |
- Production period: 1951 to 1953
- alternate name: Nettar IIc
- Film Format: 120 roll film (8 exposures format 6×9cm)
- Viewfinder: optical, build into top cover
- Lens/shutter combinations:
- Novar Anastigmat 1:6.3/105mm in Vario leaf shutter
- Novar Anastigmat 1:4.5/105mm in Pronto or Prontor SV leaf shutter
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| Nettar 517/2, with curved topcover image by Erwin de Groot (Image rights) |
Nettar 518/2
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| Zeiss Ikon Nettar 518/2, 1:6.3 lens image by Hans Kerensky (Image rights) |
- Production period: 1952 to 1958
- alternate name: Signal Nettar 6x9cm
- Film Format: 120 roll film (8 exposures format 6×9cm)
- Viewfinder: optical, build into top cover
- Lens/shutter combinations:
- Novar Anastigmat 1:6.3/105mm in Vario or Vero leaf shutter
- Novar Anastigmat 1:4.5/105mm in Vario, Velio, Pronto, Prontor SV or Prontor SVS leaf shutter
- Novar Anastigmat 1:3.5/105mm in a Prontor-S leaf shutter
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Nettar 515/16
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| Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/16, postwar image by Hans Kerensky (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1937
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×6cm exposures)
- Lens/shutter combinations :
- Prewar and during war :
- Nettar 1:6.3/7.5cm in a Telma leaf shutter
- Nettar 1:4.5/7.5cm in a Klio leaf shutter
- Postwar :
- Novar Anastigmat 1:6.3/75mm (coated) in a Vario leaf shutter
- Novar Anastigmat 1:4.5/75mm (coated) in a Pronto or Prontor-S leaf shutter
- Prewar and during war :
- Viewfinder: two frames
- Dimensions (folded) : 135 x 78 x 45 mm
- Weight : 510 Grams
Nettar 516/16
The Nettar 516/16 is almost the same as a top of the range 515/16 but has a double exposure prevention system added and a Novar instead of a Nettar lens.
- Year of release: 1940[1]
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×6cm exposures)
- Shutter: Klio leaf shutter, 1 – 1/175
- Lens: Novar Anastigmat 1:4.5/75mm
- Double exposure prevention
- Viewfinder: two frames
Nettar II 517/16
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| Nettar 517/16 with f/6.3 Novar Image by Uwe Kulick. (Image rights) |
- Year of release: 1949
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×6cm exposures)
- Shutter: Vario leaf shutter (or Pronto or Prontor-SV) , speeds 1/25 sec – 1/200 sec.
- Lens: Novar Anastigmat 1:6.3/75mm, other version with a 1:4.5/75mm
- Aperture: 6.3 to 22 (or 4.5 to 22)
- Viewfinder: optical direct vision viewfinder below flash shoe
Nettar II 518/16
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| Nettar 518/16 with Vario and f/4.5 Novar image by Bill Strong (Image rights) |
The viewfinder housing has a more stepped appearance than the housing of the 517/16. The camera carried the Zeiss Ikon logo on the front (left of the door) and the name 'Nettar' on the front door.[2]
- Year of release: 1949 (until 1957)[3]
- alternate names: Signal Nettar, Nettar IIb[4]
- Film Format: 120 roll film (6×6cm exposures)
- Shutter/Lens Combinations:
- 518/16 IIb Novar Anastigmat 1:4.5/75mm in Pronto (manufactured: 1949)
- 518/16 Eg Novar Anastigmat 6.3/75 (Rodenstock) in Vero shutter (manufactured: Jul 53 - Nov 54)[5]
- 518/16 Ev Novar Anastigmat 6.3/75 (Rodenstock) in Vario shutter (manufactured: Dec 53 - Jun 54)[6]
- 518/16 Iv Novar Anastigmat 4.5/75 (Rodenstock) in Vario shutter (manufactured: Jul 58 - Dec 59)
- 518/16 Ih Novar Anastigmat 4.5/75 (Rodenstock) in Velio shutter (manufactured: Apr 53 - Jul 58)[7]
- 518/16 Its Novar Anastigmat 4.5/75 (Rodenstock) in Prontor shutter (manufactured: Jul 52 - Feb 59)[8]
- 518/16 Ips Novar Anastigmat 4.5/75 (Rodenstock) in Prontor S shutter (manufactured: Feb 55 - Mar 56)
- 518/16 Ipms Novar Anastigmat 4.5/75 (Rodenstock) in Prontor SVS shutter (manufactured: Apr 53 - Jan 59)[9]
- 518/16 Fps Novar Anastigmat 3.5/75 (Hensoldt) in Prontor S shutter (manufactured: Jul 53 - Dec 55)
- 518/16 Fpms Novar Anastigmat 3.5/75 (Hensoldt) in Prontor SV shutter (manufactured: Jul 53 - Jul 55)
- Aperture: 4.5 to 22
- Viewfinder: optical direct vision viewfinder below flash shoe
- Other: double-exposure prevention
- indicated by red dot in viewfinder window when film not advanced (sub-models Ev, Ipms [10]
- indicated by red dot in window on top of housing when film advanced (sub-models Ih
Bibliography
- Zeiss Ikon brochure (German) "Alle 24 Stunden mit Zeiss Ikon Cameras" 1937, page 12 and 13
- Zeiss Ikon brochure (German) "Schep vreugde in het leven met een camera van Zeiss Ikon" 1940, page 7
- Zeiss Ikon brochure (Dutch) "Jetzt knipsen mit Cameras von Zeiss Ikon" 1939, page 11
- Zeiss Ikon brochure (Swedish) "tusen och ett motiv" 1945-4, page 6 and 7
- Zeiss Ikon brochure (German) "Zeiss Ikon Cameras" 1949, page 2
Links
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| image by Mario Groleau (Image rights) |
- manual for old Nettar at David Richert's R&R Photo
- Zeiss Ikon Nettar 518/16 at From the focal plane to infinity
- Manual available on the Favorite Classics section of kyphoto.com
- short overview of Nettars
- a more illustrated overview
- Nettar 515, Nettar 515/2, Nettar 515/2, Nettar S, Nettar 515/2, Nettar 515/16, Nettar 517, Nettar 518/2, Nettar 518/16 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- Nettars on Retrography.com by Simon Simonsen, Denmark
- Zeiss Ikon Nettar/Nettar II instruction manual English on www.orphancameras.com
Notes
- ↑ Marketed in Finland as a variant of the 515/16 Discussion about the 516/16
- ↑ Variations exist in the style of lettering in 'Nettar.'
- ↑ for details on production'
- ↑ The ever-ready case carries the serial code 1231/16.
- ↑ The lettering on the front is in running writing with a square silver outline on the front door; arty smokes via flickr
- ↑ In Vario: living image
- ↑ Sylvain Halgand's Site
- ↑ The lettering on the front door is simple caps without a decoratove border; Sylvain Halgand's Site
- ↑ Sylvain Halgand's Site
- ↑ Colloquially often called the 'Signal Nettar'
