Piccolette

Contessa-Nettel

Stuttgart

Germany

Lens:

f4.5, 7.5 cm Zeiss Tessar, iris diaphragm to f25. Serial no. 501234 (c.1922).

Shutter:

Dial-set Compur, speeded 1 - 1/300, B, T. Serial no. 712356.

Construction:

Metal body, leather bellows.

Format:

8, 4 x 6.5 cm exposures on 127 roll-film.

Focusing:

Front cell to 1 metre.

Attributes:

Brilliant view-finder, frame finder.
Film-advance indicated by red window, not coupled to shutter.

Serial Number:

485135 .

The Piccolette was available with a number of lenses including a Tessar of either f4.5 or f6.3. The cheapest option cost £1.15.0 the dearest, an f4.5 Tessar in a Compur, cost £12. Following the Zeiss merger the shutter was changed to a Rim-set model.

References & Notes:

BJA 1924, p. 696.; BJA 1925, p. 686.; BJA 1928, p. 676.

Early Photography