Zeiss Ikon Ikonta User manual

HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE CAMERA

Never touch the lens, the most valuable part of the camera, with your
fingers. Spots should be carefully removed with a very soft piece of
Then and dust. with a brush with soft hair. The interior of the camera
should from time to time be cleaned with a soft brush, especially the
Picture frame and the film guide, because dust particles in these places
Bre likely to cause scratches on the film.

SERIAL NUMBERS

Each camera has its serial number on the back. It is advisable to keep
a record of this number in order to be able to indentify the camera
in case it is lost or exchanged.

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LKONTA 24x36 mm

Prontor SY Shutter ‘With Synchro-Compur Shutter

VTA 24x36 mm

The IKONTA 35 is an attractive and handy ZEISS IKON

miniature camera using perforated 35 mm film. It is

provided with a lock to prevent double exposures and
blank frames and uses standard cartridges with black
and white or colour film for 36 or 18 1'/2x 1” pictures,

‘The IKONTA as is supplied with Novar or Tessar lenses, which are
coated to eliminate reflexes and are equally suited for black and white
as well as for colour photographs thanks to their high speed, excellent

definition, and colour correction

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THE PARTS OF THE IKONTA 24x36

1 Shutter winding lever 13 Bolt for locking camera back
2 Shutter release lever, 14 Struts

3 Eyelets for carrying strap 15 Closing knob

4 Tripod thread (ee page 13) 16 Thread for cable release

5 Shoe for slip-on accessories 17 Flash synchronisation contact

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Viewfinder opening,
Film-type indicator dise

8 Diaphragm setting ring

9 Shutter speed setting ring
10 Distance setting mark

18 Film transport dise
19 Rewind dise

20 Synchro-switch

21 Winding lever for built-in

selltimer as well as for pre
11 Depth-of field scale ignition setting *M" for fash

12 Rotating focusing ring bulbs (only applicable to
with distance scale Prontor SV shutter)

The fully synchronised Prontor-SV and Synchro-Compur shutters can
ted to any flash unit and enable the user to make time

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exposures of any duration and instantaneous exposures with shutter
speeds from 1 sec. to Yano sec. and, in the case of the Synchro-Compur
shutter, even up to "Vso sec. We recommend you to read these Instruc
tions carefully to learn the necessary operations and thus to obtain
00d results from the very first exposures. Remember that the shutter
lodk is released and the shutter release lever can be operated only

when the camera is loaded with film.