Ultrix

The Ultrix is a folding bed roll film camera made by Ihagee, Dresden in 1930/1931. There are at least two versions of this camera, the smaller one taking 4.5×6cm pictures on 127 film. The larger one is a dual format camera using 120 film or 6.5×9cm glass plate backs. It takes 6×9cm pictures or 4.5×6cm when using an insertable mask. Its full name is Ihagee Zweiformat Auto Ultrix. A number of lens shutter combinations are reported: among them

• a 10.5/4.5 Schneider Radionar set in a Compur shutter (Z, B, 1-1/250s).
• a 10.5/7.7 Ihagee anastigmat in a Zenit shutter(Z, B, 1-1/100s).
• a 7/5.6 Ihagee anastigmat in a two-bladed Pronto shutter (T, B, 1-1/100s).
• a three-bladed Pronto II shutter.

Ultrix cameras were supplied with both a brillant finder and a framefinder. Some models even may have had an Albada finder. The metal body is covered with imitation leather with the Ihagee factory name embossed in it on the front an the back.

Links

• an Ultrix for 120 film.
• an Ultrix for 127 film on Kurt Tauber's site.
• the Ultrix manual at M. Butkus' site.
• An Italian Ultrix page.