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* [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=5&inO=471 Vest-Pocket Tenax], about 1920, with 7.5 cm f/6.8 Syntor, and with plateholders and leather pouch cases, sold at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=5 fifth Westlicht auction], in April 2004; the auction listing suggests this camera is unused old stock.
 
* [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=5&inO=471 Vest-Pocket Tenax], about 1920, with 7.5 cm f/6.8 Syntor, and with plateholders and leather pouch cases, sold at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=5 fifth Westlicht auction], in April 2004; the auction listing suggests this camera is unused old stock.
 
* [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=14&inO=797 Coat-Pocket Tenax], about 1910, with ground-glass focusing screen, film-pack adapter and accessory brilliant finder, sold at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=14 fourteenth Westlicht auction], in November 2008.
 
* [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=14&inO=797 Coat-Pocket Tenax], about 1910, with ground-glass focusing screen, film-pack adapter and accessory brilliant finder, sold at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=14 fourteenth Westlicht auction], in November 2008.
* [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=5&inO=601 Stereo-Tenax], about 1920, with 60 mm f/6.8 Dagor III lenses, sold at the fifth Westlicht auction, in April 2004..
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* [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=5&inO=601 Stereo-Tenax], about 1920, with 60 mm f/6.8 Dagor III lenses, sold at the fifth Westlicht auction, in April 2004.
  
  

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The Vest-Pocket Tenax or Plate Tenax is a versatile miniature strut folding camera, made from about 1909 by Goerz in Berlin, for small 4.5x6cm film plates.[1] It has a Compound shutter with speeds from 1 to 1/250 sec. built into the front standard, a Newton finder with the optical element sliding out of the front standard, and a 75mm double anastigmat lens, focusing from 2 metres to infinity. The camera's lens is one of Goerz's; a Dagor 1:6.8 as normal lens, a 1:6.8 Syntor as budget equipment, or a fast 1:4.5 Celor as advanced optics. The "Tropical Vest Pocket Tenax" with Dagor was the luxury variant, though less spectacular than some 'Luxus' cameras.[2]

The Coat Pocket Tenax model is a very similar camera for 6.5x9 cm plates, and the Stereo-Pocket-Tenax is a stereo model for 4.5x10.7 cm stereo plates.[1]



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  1. 1.0 1.1 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). p357-8.
  2. Tropical Vest-Pocket Tenax, about 1910, with 7.5 cm f/4.5 Dogmar, green reptile leather covering and bellows, and nickel-plated fittings, sold at the eighteenth Westlicht Photographica Auction, in December 2010.


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