Zeiss Ikon Nettel folding strut camera
Zeiss Ikon
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910 - 1937
Materials
Plastic, Leather, Wood, Textile, Glass
Measurements
closed camera 130 x 168 x 87 mm
Place of origin
Dresden
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524808
Summary
Zeiss Ikon Nettel folding strut camera for a 6 x 9 cms plate Casing - a mixture of plastic, wood and metal with leather covering. Wood panel on lens board black leather bellows Lens - Zeiss Tessar 3.5 Rollerblind shutter Ground glass focussing screen with leather hood - stamped with logo Zeiss Ikon Tripod bush on base and side of body. flip-up wire viewfinder on top of camera and additional direct viewfinder attached to top of camera body. Manufacturers stamp on the camera indicate that it was probably produced in1926 or later as Zeiss Ikon took over the production of this model of camera in 1926.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.
Makers and roles
Zeiss Ikon, manufacturer