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| − | The '''Vest Pocket Tenax''' or '''Plate Tenax''' was a versatile miniature strut folding camera, made since 1909 by [[Goerz]] in Berlin. It had a [[Compound]] shutter with speeds from 1 to 1/250 sec. built into the front standard, a [[viewfinder|Newton finder]] with the optical element pullable out of the front standard, and a 75mm [[anastigmat|double anastigmat]] lens, focusable from 2 metres to infinity. The camera's lens equipment was one of Goerz's standard camera lens types, 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. | + | The '''Vest Pocket Tenax''' or '''Plate Tenax''' was a versatile miniature strut folding camera, made since 1909 by [[Goerz]] in Berlin, for small 4.5x6cm film plates. It had a [[Compound]] shutter with speeds from 1 to 1/250 sec. built into the front standard, a [[viewfinder|Newton finder]] with the optical element pullable out of the front standard, and a 75mm [[anastigmat|double anastigmat]] lens, focusable from 2 metres to infinity. The camera's lens equipment was one of Goerz's standard camera lens types, 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. |
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| + | The '''Pocket Tenax''' models were for larger plates. One for 4.5x10.7 cm stereo plates, the other for medium format 6.5x9 cm plates. | ||
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The Vest Pocket Tenax or Plate Tenax was a versatile miniature strut folding camera, made since 1909 by Goerz in Berlin, for small 4.5x6cm film plates. It had a Compound shutter with speeds from 1 to 1/250 sec. built into the front standard, a Newton finder with the optical element pullable out of the front standard, and a 75mm double anastigmat lens, focusable from 2 metres to infinity. The camera's lens equipment was one of Goerz's standard camera lens types, 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.
The Pocket Tenax models were for larger plates. One for 4.5x10.7 cm stereo plates, the other for medium format 6.5x9 cm plates.
