Baby Ikonta

1931

Zeiss-Ikon A. G.

Dresden

Germany

Lens:

f6.3, 50 mm Novar, iris diaphragm to f11.

Shutter:

Derval, pivoted two-blade, between-the-lens, speeds - 1/25, 1/50, 1/75, B, T.

Construction:

Leathercloth covered metal body, leather bellows.

Format:

16, 4 x 3 cm exposures on A8 (127) roll-film.

Focusing:

Front-cell to 3' 6".

Attributes:

Frame finder.
Film-advance indicated by red window, not coupled to shutter.
Self-erecting front. Exposure counter.

With:

Instructions. Case.

The Ikonta was a cheap but well-made folding roll-film camera. When the 16-on Baby was introduced it was available with either an f6.3 or f4.5 Novar in a Derval Shutter. Within a short time the lens and shutter range was extended to include Tessar lenses of f4.5 and f3.5 and Telma, Compur and later Compur Rapid shutters (for the f3.5 lenses). The price of this example was £3.7.6.

By the late 1930s the range had been rationalised and only the more expensive models survived.

Code Names:

520/18E.

References & Notes:

BJA 1932, pp. 552, 283. BJA 1933, p. 540. BJA 1934, p. 555. BJA 1935, p. 541. BJA 1936, p. 547. Minit&Cine, 1938, p. 85. Goodyears Cat. 1933, p. 2. ZI Cat. 1936, p. 13. ZI Cat. 1937, p. 16.

Early Photography