| Pentacon
F with small knobs, ... |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB Zeiss Ikon Dresden |
responsible constructor |
Walter Henning |
| production period |
September 1956 to June 1961
(April 1951 to December 1951) |
no of produced cameras |
part of Contax F series (33,895)
(5,547) |
| 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´)
with additional field lens
without release mechanism for preselected spring diaphragm
|
mirror |
no instant-return mirror |
| film transport / frame counter |
small knob film advance, loose film take-up spool, manual frame
counter |
lens mount |
M42x1
additional mechanism for internal diaphragm release
|
| self timer |
blind knob, no self timer |
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 |
 | Pentacon F-version
with small Ernemann tower |
| without self timer (blind knob) |
| small rewind and film advance bottom |
| none diaphragm release mechanism |
= Contax small D (Hummel "D-1"-version) camera with Pentacon F-front panel?
|
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
90/101 (Schulz-version:
8/29) |
Kadlubek-No. |
none (ZIK 5280) |
| body no. |
5716 |
lens no. |
3402974 |
| lens type |
Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1:2
f=5,8cm T |
purchase price |
50€ |
| advertising |
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manual |
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