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The '''Tenax II''' was first named '''Tenax''' in short, and became Tenax II after the [[Tenax I]] was released. Its Zeiss Ikon code number was 580/27. Launched in 1938, it was a 24x24mm rangefinder camera with a rapid-action advance lever placed around the lens.
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The coupled rangefinder was integrated in the viewfinder. It included a wedge-shaped rotating lens, that was actually attached to the interchangeable lens. This system was much like the one on the [[Super Ikonta]], [[Super Nettel]] or [[Nettax]].
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The shutter, placed behind the lens, was a Compur Rapid OS leaf shutter to 1/400.
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The Tenax II was certainly inspired by the [[Robot]] camera, a small 24x24mm camera with spring-driven motorized film advance, launched in 1934. The format was indeed the same, as well as the emphasis on rapid action shooting. The rangefinder Tenax II was more sophisticated, but it was not commercially as successful, and did not survive the war, unlike the Robot.
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A special version of the Tenax existed for X-ray pictures, called the '''Röntgen-Tenax'''.
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=== Tenax II lenses ===
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The lens was interchangeable but only very few wide angle and tele lenses were produced. The very limited range of lenses was the following:
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* Carl Zeiss Jena 4cm f/2 Sonnar standard lens
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* Carl Zeiss Jena 4cm f/2.8 Tessar standard lens
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* Carl Zeiss Jena 2.7cm f/4.5 Orthometar wide-angle lens
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* Carl Zeiss Jena 7.5cm f/4 Sonnar tele lens
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=== Tenax II accessories ===
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* the close-up ''Contameter'' set, in a special version for the Tenax II, with code number 1339. It was sold in a case with a special close-up finder and three close-up lenses matched by three lenses for the finder device.
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* accessory finder for the 2.7cm Orthometar
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* finder mask for the 7.5cm Sonnar
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=== Links ===
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* [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/zeiss/tenax/tenax2.htm The Tenax II at Pacific Rim]
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[[Category: 35mm rangefinder]]
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[[Category: 24x24]]
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[[Category: Germany]]
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[[Category: Zeiss Ikon]]
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[[Category: T]]

Revision as of 00:38, 7 March 2006

The Tenax II was first named Tenax in short, and became Tenax II after the Tenax I was released. Its Zeiss Ikon code number was 580/27. Launched in 1938, it was a 24x24mm rangefinder camera with a rapid-action advance lever placed around the lens.

The coupled rangefinder was integrated in the viewfinder. It included a wedge-shaped rotating lens, that was actually attached to the interchangeable lens. This system was much like the one on the Super Ikonta, Super Nettel or Nettax.

The shutter, placed behind the lens, was a Compur Rapid OS leaf shutter to 1/400.

The Tenax II was certainly inspired by the Robot camera, a small 24x24mm camera with spring-driven motorized film advance, launched in 1934. The format was indeed the same, as well as the emphasis on rapid action shooting. The rangefinder Tenax II was more sophisticated, but it was not commercially as successful, and did not survive the war, unlike the Robot.

A special version of the Tenax existed for X-ray pictures, called the Röntgen-Tenax.

Tenax II lenses

The lens was interchangeable but only very few wide angle and tele lenses were produced. The very limited range of lenses was the following:

  • Carl Zeiss Jena 4cm f/2 Sonnar standard lens
  • Carl Zeiss Jena 4cm f/2.8 Tessar standard lens
  • Carl Zeiss Jena 2.7cm f/4.5 Orthometar wide-angle lens
  • Carl Zeiss Jena 7.5cm f/4 Sonnar tele lens

Tenax II accessories

  • the close-up Contameter set, in a special version for the Tenax II, with code number 1339. It was sold in a case with a special close-up finder and three close-up lenses matched by three lenses for the finder device.
  • accessory finder for the 2.7cm Orthometar
  • finder mask for the 7.5cm Sonnar

Links