| HEXACON
ZI (Pentacon,
first variant, export variant for US-market) |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB Zeiss Ikon Dresden |
responsible constructor |
Walter Henning |
| production period |
1955 |
no of produced cameras |
part of Contax D series
(69,599) |
| Technical properties of the camera |
| shutter type |
mechanically controlled horizontal-run
rubberised cloth-blind type shutter |
exposure time
(possible settings) |
B, 1/1, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, 1/20, 1/50, 1/100,
1/200,1/500, 1/1000 |
| view finder |
fixed eye-level view finder with condenser type ground-glass focusing screen (´Stevens Screen´) |
mirror |
no instant-return mirror |
| film transport / frame counter |
knob film advance, loose film take-up spool, manual frame
counter |
lens mount |
M42x1 |
| self timer |
mechanically, ~10s |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
none |
flash system |
X synchronisation with coaxial
socket on the top cover, none accessory shoe |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into view finder |
none |
| general comments |
engraved: small
Ernemann tower with ZI on the tower basis
export variant of Pentacon,
first variant, for US-market with riveted signpost at the Pentacon-gravure
Catalogue-No. 16 from Schulz
stamped with "Germany USSR occupied" at the bottom
|
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
095 (A) (Schulz-version:16) |
Kadlubek-No. |
ZIK 5220 |
| body no. |
58195 |
lens no. |
4174819 |
| lens type |
Tessar 2.8/50 T Carl Zeiss
Jena |
purchase price |
60€ |
| advertising |
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manual |
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