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| − | 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. | + | The '''Tenax I''' was actually launched after the [[Tenax II]]. Like the Tenax II, it is a 24×24mm square-format camera using [[35mm film]], with a rapid-advance lever around the lens. But it is a much simpler camera, with a completely different body, no [[rangefinder (device)|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. | 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 <!-- Was it really "Zeiss Ikon"? I thought it was "Carl Zeiss". Carl Zeiss Jena was the lens maker. This is the part of the Zeiss Ikon camera company that remained in East Germany, mostly in Dresden. [http://www.praktica-collector.de/Pentacon.htm This page] tells me that it became VEB Mechanik Zeiss Ikon in 1953 and VEB Zeiss Ikon in 1955. --> 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? It is the catalogue number, that is often used to identify Zeiss Ikon products. --> was 111/23 with the Novar and 111/24 with the Tessar. | + | After the war, the East German [[Zeiss Ikon]] company <!-- Was it really "Zeiss Ikon"? I thought it was "Carl Zeiss". Carl Zeiss Jena was the lens maker. This is the part of the Zeiss Ikon camera company that remained in East Germany, mostly in Dresden. [http://www.praktica-collector.de/Pentacon.htm This page] tells me that it became VEB Mechanik Zeiss Ikon in 1953 and VEB Zeiss Ikon in 1955. --> 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? It is the catalogue number, that is often used to identify Zeiss Ikon products. --> 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,<!-- Lost the rights to use them WHERE? First in West Germany, then in other "Western" countries. --> property of the Western Zeiss Ikon company.<!-- Property of the W German company WHERE? In the "Western" export countries, and that was enough to change the name. (See the talk page.) But you're right, this needs to be rewritten. --> At the same time, the Novar name became Novonar. The tip of the advance lever became black in 1954. Production ended in 1959. | 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? First in West Germany, then in other "Western" countries. --> property of the Western Zeiss Ikon company.<!-- Property of the W German company WHERE? In the "Western" export countries, and that was enough to change the name. (See the talk page.) But you're right, this needs to be rewritten. --> 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 & Taxona == |
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| + | [http://www.flickr.com/photos/50678983@N00/200369744/in/pool-camerapedia http://static.flickr.com/59/200369744_0b2e9d86c4_m.jpg] | ||
| + | <br>Tenax I | ||
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| + | [http://www.flickr.com/photos/50678983@N00/200309977/in/pool-camerapedia http://static.flickr.com/74/200309977_51364fb10c_m.jpg] | ||
| + | <br>rear view | ||
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| + | [http://www.flickr.com/photos/squonk/2531264106/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2392/2531264106_7b7ded82d9_m.jpg]<br> | ||
| + | ''Taxona'' | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/zeiss/tenax/tenax1.htm The Tenax I page] at the [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/rindex.htm Pacific Rim photographica pages] | * [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/zeiss/tenax/tenax1.htm The Tenax I page] at the [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/rindex.htm Pacific Rim photographica pages] | ||
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* [http://www.lumieresenboite.com/collection2.php?l=1&c=Zeiss_Ikon_Tenax The Tenax page] at [http://www.lumieresenboite.com/ Lumières en Boîte] | * [http://www.lumieresenboite.com/collection2.php?l=1&c=Zeiss_Ikon_Tenax The Tenax page] at [http://www.lumieresenboite.com/ Lumières en Boîte] | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/pentacon/html/pentacon_tenax.php Tenax] at www.collection-appareils.fr | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/pentacon/html/pentacon_tenax.php Tenax] at www.collection-appareils.fr | ||
Revision as of 16:16, 29 May 2008
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 using 35mm film, 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 & Taxona
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Links
- The Tenax page at Lumières en Boîte
- Tenax at www.collection-appareils.fr
| 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 |
