Super Ikonta 530

Super Ikonta A 530 image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights)

The 530 is a folding camera in the Ikonta line, produced by the German company Zeiss Ikon.
It takes 16 size 4.5x6 cm images on 120 type rollfilm. The Super Ikonta's are equiped with coupled rangefinders.
It was also sold as the Super Ikomat A

Specifications

• Production period : 1934 to 1937
• Format : 4.5 x 6 cm on 120 type rollfilm
• Known Lens/Shutter combinations:
  Tessar 3.5/7.0 cm lens in a Compur or Compur-Rapid shutter
• Filter Size : ?
• Flash synchronisation : none
• Lighmeter system : none
• Double exposure prevention : none
• Rangefinder : Coupled, rotating wedge
• Viewfinder : Foldable, from 1935 onwards also as Albada type
• Color Finish : Black with chrome ornaments
• Color Leatherette : Black
• Dimensions WxHxD : 113x78x42 mm (folded)
• Weight: 540 grams

Super Ikomat 530 A image by Michaelangelo Di Nonno (Image rights)

Bibliography

• Bernd K.Otto, Article "Die Entwicklung der Ikonta/Super Ikonta (1)" in the German magazine Photo Deal Nr.46 III/2004
• The British Journal Almanac, 1936, advertisment page 546
• Photo Porst Catalog (German) 1934/1935, page 149

Links

• Super Ikonta 530 video review by YouTuber SG-Analog