INTRODUCTION

The Zeiss Ikon Nettar 510/2 is a folding medium format camera made in Germany by Zeiss in 1933.

BEST SUITED FOR:

Travel

Fun!

PERSONAL NOTES

This was my first folding camera, I had it for cheap. Being very old, I was surprised how well it performed. It seems that the older the camera, the longer life it has. The shutter is very basic, only 2 speeds : 25 and 75, plus Bulb and Time, but is still working perfectly. Some more modern shutters from the 50s have trouble these days because of the lube getting old and sticky, making the slow shutter speeds hang.

The Zeiss Ikon Nettar 510/2 produces 8 rectangle images of 6x9cm on one roll of 120 film. Having a simple lens, no rangefinder and no metal casing, it's the lightest folder I had. Nevertheless, the quality of the images are terrific.

CONCLUSION

If you want to have a compact medium format camera, folders are pretty much the best compromise. Not too limited, very compact for medium format, they generally give good quality images, and are filled with historical discoveries.

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