Super Ikonta 530/16
The 530/16 is a folding camera in the Ikonta line, produced by the German company Zeiss Ikon.
It takes 11 size 6x6 cm images on 120 type rollfilm. The Super Ikonta's are equiped with coupled rangefinders.
This Super Ikonta model has an automated film transport stop and counting mechanism.
The unusual number of frames, 11 instead of the standard 12, is caused by a design change which Zeiss Ikon made to encounter the frame overlapping problems which were encountered with the earliest cameras.
Specifications
- Production period : 1935 to 1938
- Format : 6 x 6 cm on 120 type rollfilm
- Known Lens/Shutter combinations:
Tessar 3.5/7.0 cm lens in a Compur or Compur-Rapid shutter - Filter Size : ?
- Flash synchronisation : none
- Lighmeter system : none
- Double exposure prevention : none
- Rangefinder : Coupled, rotating wedge
- Viewfinder : Separate window
- Color Finish : Black with chrome ornaments
- Color Leatherette : Black
- Dimensions WxHxD : 113x78x42 mm (folded)
- Weight: 540 grams
Bibliography
- Bernd K.Otto, Article "Die Entwicklung der Ikonta/Super Ikonta (1)" in the German magazine Photo Deal Nr.46 III/2004
- The British Journal Almanac, 1936, advertisment page 546
- Photo Porst Catalog (German) 1934/1935, page 149
