Ikonta
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Super Ikonta A
The cameras of one of Zeiss-Ikon's main product lines were badged Ikonta. The product line was launched in 1930, beginning with the Ikonta 520 series. Its rangefinder models and rangefinder variants were named Super Ikonta. Most cameras of the Ikonta line were of superior quality when compared with corresponding folding camera models of Zeiss-Ikon's Nettar product line. After the second World War the Ikonta cameras were produced in West Germany's Zeiss-Ikon plant in Stuttgart. The East German Zeiss-Ikon in Dresden continued the production of a traditional Ikonta model, naming it "Ercona". The West German plant launched a 35mm Ikonta viewfinder model which was continued as Contina. Especially the early Super Ikonta rangefinder cameras were copied by concurrents since they had an ingenious way to couple the rangefinder by means of one optical element of the rangefinder mounted at the lens standard. An example of such a copy is the Moskva-2.
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Ikonta C520/2
- Type: viewfinder folding camera
- Film/framesize: type No. 120 / 6×9cm
- Lens: Novar Anastigmat 1:6.3/105
- Shutter: Derval with speeds 1/25 - 1/100 sec., B, T
- Finder: two-frame finder and reflecting type finder
Ikonta C521/2
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| Ikonta C 521/2 with Tessar and Compur shutter |
- Year of release: 1947
- Type: viewfinder folding camera
- Film/framesize: 120 / 6×9cm
- Lens: Tessar 1:4.5/105mm or alternative Novar
- Shutter: Compur shutter 1 - 1/250
- Finder: two-frame finder
Other Ikonta viewfinder cameras
 Ikonta |  Ikonta 2 |  Ercona |
 Ikonta 521/16 |  Ikonta 522/24 (35mm) |  Ikonta A |
Super Ikonta rangefinder cameras
 Super Ikonta |  Super Ikonta B (Z530/16) |  Super Ikonta IV (534/16) |
Links
In English:
- Ikonta and Super Ikonta at Pacific Rim Camera
- Ikonta 35 page at www.retrography.com by Simon Simonsen, Denmark
In French:
- Ikonta 520, Ikonta 520, Ikonta D, Ikonta 521, Ikonta 521, Ikonta 521/16, Ikonta 521/16, Ikonta 522/24, Ikonta 522/24 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
