This is a folder camera, with a top build quality.
There are two viewfinders, one for composing and one rangefinder
The lens is a very good quality Zeiss Tessar 105mm, f/3.5. Takes 120 film and produces 6x9 negatives. No doubt this camera was used by professional photographers at the time.
It is heavy, made of metal, but folds and slips nicely into a coat pocket. It is not a very easy to use camera, the numbers on the lens are small, the shutter release is on the left side, the two viewfinders are also a hussle, but overall it is fun to shoot with such a good quality camera.
This one was damaged by the lab processing machine.
There are two viewfinders, one for composing and one rangefinder
The lens is a very good quality Zeiss Tessar 105mm, f/3.5. Takes 120 film and produces 6x9 negatives. No doubt this camera was used by professional photographers at the time.
It is heavy, made of metal, but folds and slips nicely into a coat pocket. It is not a very easy to use camera, the numbers on the lens are small, the shutter release is on the left side, the two viewfinders are also a hussle, but overall it is fun to shoot with such a good quality camera.
The Soviets copied the camera after WWII and sold it as the Moskva. I also own a Moskva-5 which is a similar very nice camera and difficult camera. I think the Ikonta is better made and is a little easier to use.
I took advantage of the rangefinder and the bright lens to shoot some portraits in the office. The film was Ilford XP-2 suitable for C-41 colour processing in the photo lab. The negative is very large for the lab to scan so I photographed the negatives and just inverted them, the blue cast is a characteristic of this Ilford film.
This one was damaged by the lab processing machine.
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