Description

• Country : Germany
• year : 1944
• Type : FOLD
• Format : 6X6CM
• lens: ZEISS TESSAR OPTON 3.5/75
• Shutter speed : 1/500 
• Movie support : MOVIE 120

Launched in 1929, they were offered in four models: A, B, C, & D. The A, B, & C format took 120 film. The A, B and C produced negatives in 6×4.5 format, 6×6 format and 6×9 format, respectively. The Ikonta D produced larger negatives on 116 or 616 format film, respectively. There was also a Baby Ikonta, which used 127 film. The first series of Ikontas were also labeled '520'. The Ikonta A, B and C were also 520, 520/16 and the 520/2. Around 1938 the 520 series gave way to the 521 series which added a shutter release button on the body and a double exposure prevention. Only the A, B, & C models (there is an intermediate model 520 with shutter release from about 1937). In the early 1950s, the 523 was launched for the B&C models. A chrome top plate with an integral viewfinder and an accessory shoe was added. The 524 series added a decoupled rangefinder and was also known as the “Mess” Ikonta. Hubert Nerwin designed the Ikonta 35 for 35mm film. It was a viewfinder camera. Nerwin has made versions with a rangefinder, the Contina with separate optical viewfinder and the Contessa with a large optical viewfinder plus a Super-Ikonta-style coupled rangefinder. The Ikonta 35 and the Contina were soon renamed Contina and Contina II.