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| − | The '''Tenax I''' was actually launched after the [[Tenax II]]. | + | The '''Tenax I''' was actually launched after the [[Tenax II]]. Like the Tenax II, it is a 24×24mm square-format camera, with a rapid-advance lever around the lens. But it is a much simpler camera, with a completely different body, no rangefinder, a simple folding viewfinder on the top plate, and a behind-the-lens ''Compur'' shutter to 1/300. Most of them are equipped with a Zeiss Novar 3.5cm f/3.5 lens. A smaller number have a Carl Zeiss Jena 3.5cm f/2.8 Tessar. |
| − | + | Production began in 1939, and it was nearly halted in 1941. There was limited production during the rest of the war. | |
| − | After the war, the | + | After the war, the East German Zeiss Ikon company <!-- Was it really "Zeiss Ikon"? I thought it was "Carl Zeiss". --> continued the model. At the beginning the shutter was a ''Compur'' to 1/300 or a [[Compur-Rapid]] to 1/500, then it became the East German Tempor to 1/300. The lens could be the same Zeiss Novar 35mm f/3.5, or a Carl Zeiss Jena 37.5mm f/3.5 Tessar. The body code number <!-- What does this mean? Is it inscribed somewhere on the camera? Or what other significance does it have? --> was 111/23 with the Novar and 111/24 with the Tessar. |
| − | The Tenax was modified in 1953 with a fixed viewfinder integrated in a higher top plate with the exposure counter inside it, and a revised advance lever. Soon after it was renamed '''Taxona''', because the | + | The Tenax was modified in 1953 with a fixed viewfinder integrated in a higher top plate with the exposure counter inside it, and a revised advance lever. Soon after it was renamed '''Taxona''', because the East German company had lost the rights to use the traditional Zeiss Ikon names,<!-- Lost the rights to use them WHERE? --> property of the Western Zeiss Ikon company.<!-- Property of the W German company WHERE? (For example, I doubt that the name was the property of the W German company within the DDR.) --> At the same time, the Novar name became Novonar. The tip of the advance lever became black in 1954. Production ended in 1959. |
== Pictures of the Tenax I == | == Pictures of the Tenax I == | ||
Revision as of 23:57, 1 November 2006
The tip of the advance lever is missing from this camera.
The Tenax I was actually launched after the Tenax II. Like the Tenax II, it is a 24×24mm square-format camera, with a rapid-advance lever around the lens. But it is a much simpler camera, with a completely different body, no rangefinder, a simple folding viewfinder on the top plate, and a behind-the-lens Compur shutter to 1/300. Most of them are equipped with a Zeiss Novar 3.5cm f/3.5 lens. A smaller number have a Carl Zeiss Jena 3.5cm f/2.8 Tessar.
Production began in 1939, and it was nearly halted in 1941. There was limited production during the rest of the war.
After the war, the East German Zeiss Ikon company continued the model. At the beginning the shutter was a Compur to 1/300 or a Compur-Rapid to 1/500, then it became the East German Tempor to 1/300. The lens could be the same Zeiss Novar 35mm f/3.5, or a Carl Zeiss Jena 37.5mm f/3.5 Tessar. The body code number was 111/23 with the Novar and 111/24 with the Tessar.
The Tenax was modified in 1953 with a fixed viewfinder integrated in a higher top plate with the exposure counter inside it, and a revised advance lever. Soon after it was renamed Taxona, because the East German company had lost the rights to use the traditional Zeiss Ikon names, property of the Western Zeiss Ikon company. At the same time, the Novar name became Novonar. The tip of the advance lever became black in 1954. Production ended in 1959.
Pictures of the Tenax I
Links
- The Tenax I page at the Pacific Rim photographica pages
- A web page about the Tenax I at the Frankfurt-Höchst website
- The Tenax page at Lumières en Boîte
| Zeiss Ikon Classic Cameras |
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| Contax | Contaflex (TLR) | Super Nettel | Nettax | Tenax II | Tenax I | Ikoflex | Super Ikonta
Contax S | Contaflex (SLR) | Contarex | Icarex | SL706 |
