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mitica100
03-03-2010, 09:40 PM
I have completed my Zeiss Super Ikonta collection with the addition of the "C". I had the "A" first, then along came the "B" and now the "C". I feel like I've accomplished something special... ;)

http://www.preserveit.com.au/cameras/images/sikonta1.jpg

Ain't she pretty?...
Aggie
03-04-2010, 07:36 AM
I'll show you mine if you show me yours! When i stop by this summer I have a couple of cameras you might like to see. I definitely want to see these cameras of yours. Congrats on getting the new one to complete the collection.
alex best
03-04-2010, 07:55 AM
Nice, does it work?
mitica100
03-04-2010, 08:38 AM
I'll show you mine if you show me yours! When i stop by this summer I have a couple of cameras you might like to see. I definitely want to see these cameras of yours. Congrats on getting the new one to complete the collection.

Absolutely! When are you coming by? I will be gone at the end of June until early July for a trip to Rome, Italy. Then I will leave at the end of July for Wyoming, my usual summer stop. Let me know in advance.
mitica100
03-04-2010, 08:39 AM
Nice, does it work?

Yes. By all means... :D
Terri
03-04-2010, 05:19 PM
I love these folders. :heart: Congrats, Mitica! Great addition to the collection. :thumbup:
Aggie
03-04-2010, 05:44 PM
I'll be there about mid June. L head home again the first of Sept. I can catch you either coming or going.
KMann
03-05-2010, 07:12 AM
Lovely!
mitica100
03-05-2010, 06:55 PM
I'll be there about mid June. L head home again the first of Sept. I can catch you either coming or going.

Fantastic! Let me know before you arrive.
mitica100
03-10-2010, 11:07 PM
Well, the 'bad boy' arrived today! It's a 1934 Super Ikomat (same as Super Ikonta, name changed a few years later), the 530/2 for those of you who care which model it is. It has the Tessar 10.5cm/f4.5 and it arrived with the original leather pouch embossed ZEISS, the original Instruction Book (in English) and, tucked away in the folding bed, the original flex shutter release also marked ZEISS. It even had a Kodak Verichrome in it, shot about half way sometime in 1961. No, I did not open the camera first, I saw the film inside. :D

I took a little time to clean it and now it looks like it left the factory a few months ago. It's just beautiful and handles great, even the shutter (minus the self timer) works great. AFAICT the speeds are almost perfect.
Antarctican
03-10-2010, 11:12 PM
^^^ OMG, that's unbelievable that all those original bits came with it! You must be over the moon
mitica100
03-10-2010, 11:15 PM
^^^
Yep! Still there right now, the 'bad boy' is next to me and I keep clickin' it...
alex best
03-11-2010, 07:59 AM
http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv333/fieldnfeathers/thread_is_worthless.jpg
mitica100
03-11-2010, 08:46 AM
http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv333/fieldnfeathers/thread_is_worthless.jpg

^
They're coming...
mitica100
03-11-2010, 09:19 AM
OK, here you are...
alex best
03-11-2010, 09:29 AM
Haha, that was quick! I think you might be addicted.
mitica100
03-11-2010, 10:44 AM
I think you might be addicted.

You think? Should talk to my wife, she thinks I'm nuts!...