Zeiss Ikon Kolibri

From Camera-wiki.org
Revision as of 15:05, 7 May 2020 by Dustin McAmera (talk | contribs) (Present tense where appropriate, and noted example with f/2.8 Tessar.)
Jump to: navigation, search

The Kolibri 523/18[1] was made by Zeiss Ikon in Germany, c.1930-1935; it takes sixteen 3x4cm exposures on 127 film. The camera has a collapsible lens tube and is arranged in a vertical format (to take a 'horizontal' picture), with a flip-up viewfinder on the top. On the right-hand side are the winding knob and a tripod bush. The lens has small "feet" on one side, so the camera would stand horizontally, and a strut can be fixed below the lens to balance the camera vertically. There are two red windows on the back, for the small image format. The camera came in a fitted case with two supplementary close-up lenses Proxar 1 & 2, which allow focusing down to 30cm, and a cable release.

  • Lenses: Carl Zeiss Tessar 5cm f/4.5, f/3.5 or even f/2.8;[2] Novar f/3.5, f/4.5, f/6.3 or Biotar f/2.
  • Shutter: Compur (1-1/300s + T & B) or Telma (1/25, 1/50, 1/100 + B & T)
  • Film: 127, 16 3x4cm images


German, French & Italian Cameras using 127 film
G
e
r
m
a
n
y
3×4 rigid Dreivier | Futuro | Gewirette | Kolibri
Parvola | Pupille | Ranca | Reporter | Puck
folding Baby Ikonta | Baldi | Dolly | Goldi
Gucki | Ingo | Korelle | Makinette
Metharette | Perkeo | Vollenda
4x4 Navax | Paxina Electromatic | Rothlar
4x6.5 Bella | Billy | Bob | Dolly | Goldi
Gucki | Korelle | Panta | Parvola
Piccolette | Rio | Ultrix
TLR see German TLRs
F
r
a
n
c
e
3×4 rigid Fotobaby | Lynx | Super-Boy
folding Derby-Lux | Elax
pseudo TLR Auteuil | Longchamp
4×4 rigid Impera | Marly | Pari-Fex | Rubi-Fex | Top
4×6.5 rigid Photo-Magic
I
t
a
l
y
3x4 Comet | Comet III | Cometa | Euralux
Ibis | Maxima | Piccolo | Tanit
4x4 Comet | Euralux | Ibis
4x6.5 & other Alfa | Delta | Relex | Rolet | Rondine


Notes

  1. The name means 'hummingbird' in German.
  2. example with f/2.8 Tessar serial 1320361, seen offered for sale May 2020.

Links