Can't speak for the Voigtlaenders, but the Zeiss 6x9 I acquired for very few
pennies not long ago is delightful. It's a pleasure to see the world through
a 3/2 viewfinder, and even more of a pleasure to view the resulting slides
:-)
The 6x9 seems to be a very early Ercona - a post-war East German version of
the Zeiss Ikon Ikonta - with Compur shutter and Novar lens, both of which
were renamed for later models.
The Ercona is an interesting corollary to the Contax story, whereby the
camera production was re-started from scratch post-war, in a factory which
had never previously made it. The Contax II/III was reverse engineered in
Stuttgart to appear as the IIa/IIIa, while the Ikonta was reverse engineered
in Dresden to appear as the Ercona. Stuttgart was the original home of the
Ikonta; Dresden that of the Contax!
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Norton [mailto:ken@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 July 2010 17:10
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] My last film shots
> Which model is it?
I'm not sure. It's a 6x6. My dad had a 35mm of about the same
vintage. Those cameras had terrific lenses!
AG
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