Nixie - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Nixie

1911

Contessa Camera Werke

Stuttgart

Germany

Image of Nixie

Lens:
F9, single achromat, iris diaphragm to f32.

Shutter:
1/25, 1/50, 1/100, B, T.

Construction:
Metal body, leather bellows.

Format:
1 ½" x 2 ¼" exposures on roll-film.

Focusing:
Bellows to 1 metre.

Attributes:
Brilliant view-finder.
Film advance indicated by red window. Not coupled to shutter.

Serial Number:
839 .

This little camera has a similar body to the Ensignette No. 1 and took the same film size. It is better known under the name of Pixie, possibly Nixie was the original name. As well as the single achromat lens the camera was available, in the UK, with a Double Achromat f6.8, Double Anastigmat Isoplast f5.8 and a Zeiss Tessar f6.3. Any other lens could be fitted.


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