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'''Nettax''' is a model name used by the [[Zeiss Ikon]] company.
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The 35mm '''Nettax''' ([[Zeiss Ikon]] 538/24) was a [[35mm]] [[rangefinder camera]] introduced in 1936 as a cheaper alternative to the [[Contax rangefinder|Contax II]]. It should have been called '''Super Nettel III''', because it was a successor of the [[Super Nettel|Super Nettel and Super Nettel II]], but the Nettax name was preferred just before the release. Its Zeiss Ikon code number was 538/24.
  
== The 35mm Nettax (Zeiss Ikon 538/24) ==
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Unlike the Super Nettel, the Nettax is a rigid camera. The shutter is a [[focal plane shutter|focal plane]] model to 1/1000, the same as the Super Nettel, an intermediate design between the shutters of the Contax I and the Contax II. It has a short-base [[coupled rangefinder]], separated from the viewfinder window, and interchangeable lenses with a specific bayonet mount. The lenses incorporate a part of the rangefinder optics, like the lenses of the [[Tenax II]]. The very limited range of lenses was the following:
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* Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm f/3.5 [[Tessar]] standard lens;
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* Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm f/2.8 Tessar standard lens;
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* Carl Zeiss Jena 10.5cm f/5.6 Triotar tele lens.
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An adapter ring allows to mount the [[Contax rangefinder lenses|Contax mount]] Zeiss Tessar 2.8cm f/8 on the Nettax, but this lens is not coupled to the rangefinder.
  
The first '''Nettax''' was a 35mm rangefinder camera introduced in 1936 as a cheaper alternative to the [[Contax rangefinder|Contax II]]. It should have been called '''Super Nettel III''', because it was a successor of the [[Super Nettel]] and [[Super Nettel|Super Nettel II]], but the Nettax name was preferred just before the release. Its Zeiss Ikon code number was 538/24. Unlike the Super Nettel, it was a rigid camera. The shutter was a focal plane model to 1/1000, the same as the Super Nettel, an intermediate design between the shutters of the Contax I and the Contax II. It had a short base coupled rangefinder, separated from the viewfinder window, and interchangeable lenses with a specific bayonet mount. The lenses incorporated a part of the rangefinder optics, like the lenses of the [[Tenax|Tenax II]]. The very limited range of lenses was the following:
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The Nettax was not a big success and is quite uncommon. The tele lens is very rare, and today the price is high.
* Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm f:3.5 ''Tessar'' standard lens
 
* Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm f:2.8 ''Tessar'' standard lens
 
* Carl Zeiss Jena 10.5cm f:5.6 ''Triotar'' tele lens
 
* an adapter ring to mount the [[Contax rangefinder lenses|Contax mount]] Zeiss ''Tessar'' 2.8cm f:8 on the Nettax. This lens was not coupled to the rangefinder.
 
  
The Nettax was not a big success and is quite uncommmon. The tele lens is very rare, and today the price is high.
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| colspan=2 | ''Leaflet for the [[Super Nettel|Super Nettel II]] and Nettax in English, dating 1937. {{public domain Germany}}''
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=== Links ===
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== Links ==
* [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/zeiss/nettax/nettax.htm The Nettax page at Pacific Rim]
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* [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/zinettaxpre.htm Nettax] at [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/ Pacific Rim Camera]
 
 
== The 6x6 Nettax (Zeiss Ikon 513/16) ==
 
 
 
=== Links ===
 
* [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/zeiss/513/513.htm The Nettax 6x6 page at Pacific Rim]
 
  
 
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[[Category: 35mm rangefinder cameras]]
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[[Category: German 35mm rangefinder]]
[[Category: 6x6cm folding cameras]]
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Revision as of 06:26, 8 March 2016

The 35mm Nettax (Zeiss Ikon 538/24) was a 35mm rangefinder camera introduced in 1936 as a cheaper alternative to the Contax II. It should have been called Super Nettel III, because it was a successor of the Super Nettel and Super Nettel II, but the Nettax name was preferred just before the release. Its Zeiss Ikon code number was 538/24.

Unlike the Super Nettel, the Nettax is a rigid camera. The shutter is a focal plane model to 1/1000, the same as the Super Nettel, an intermediate design between the shutters of the Contax I and the Contax II. It has a short-base coupled rangefinder, separated from the viewfinder window, and interchangeable lenses with a specific bayonet mount. The lenses incorporate a part of the rangefinder optics, like the lenses of the Tenax II. The very limited range of lenses was the following:

  • Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm f/3.5 Tessar standard lens;
  • Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm f/2.8 Tessar standard lens;
  • Carl Zeiss Jena 10.5cm f/5.6 Triotar tele lens.

An adapter ring allows to mount the Contax mount Zeiss Tessar 2.8cm f/8 on the Nettax, but this lens is not coupled to the rangefinder.

The Nettax was not a big success and is quite uncommon. The tele lens is very rare, and today the price is high.

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