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 ON CHDOST]VG Y OU B C ANTENA                             lent quality can be  readily made to any
                                                                         practical  size from even  parts  gf  sharp
   lT is easier and more satisfactory-and  it                       miniature negatives. This also means that
   actually costs less-to  use the finely-built                     now, more than ever before, your camera
  camera. Your pictures are sharper and more                    and its lens should be the finest obtainable.
   b rilliant, ,and there a re mo re "good ones".
  The       Zeiss lens,                    the                   Compur Efrrtter,                                          the               o CosJ:             focusing   automatic                       device,                                 the  Albada
   Sports finder, the shutter release lock, the                                       It is true economy to purchase the latest
   film wind stop-all  these insure accuracy,                       type of precision built camera, because the
   guard against forgetfulness and save film.                      saving in film alone will soon offset its ad-
     Zeiss lkon cameras add to the pleasure                          ditional cost. For example, on the follow-
   and satisfaction of picture making. Their                         ing pages are described camera'swith de-
   substantialconstructionand ease of opera-                        vices that automatically p revent the loss
   tion have won for them the highest place                           of TWO pictures through accidental double
  among the world's fine cameras.                              exposure     that  eliminate  out-of-focus
                                                                 misses-that make it impossible to lose an
o Camera  Tgpes:                                         exposure by accidentally winding the film                                                                      too far-and  on Contax  lll and Contaflex
  To meet varying photographic needs and                       a meter accurately measures light intensity
  personal preferences, Zeiss lkon manufac-                    and indicates the correct exposure.
   tures several models in each of the four                          This saving in operating expense, com-
   principal types of camera: (1) the 55mm                      bined with the greater convenience, accu-
   miniature, (2) the popular rollfilm camera,                       racy and  satisfaction of  picture making,
   (5) the filmpack type (which also takes cut                     goes on through years, for Zeiss lkon cam-
   film and glass plates), and (4) the twin-lens                        eras, with ordinary care, will last a life.-time.
   reflex. All use standard rollfilm, filmpack,
               plates   cut       film and                    obtainable                             everywhere.                                               o Zeflss llsort{u1";l,    Zeisss    Since          Zeiss                 lkon                   produces ALL                                  types of
  cameras, the suggestions on the following                       Zeiss lkon cameras are produced in plants
  pages are offered without bias. Choice be-                          that have specialized in the building of fine
  tween the different types depends upon                       photographic equipment since 1862. They
   the purposes for which the camera is to be                       are dependable, compact precision instru-
   used, and upon individual preference-sub-                     ments of the highest type.
   jects that should be  fully discussed with                      The world's photographic annuals show
  your dealer.                                                              that, for  their finest work, more amateur
                                                           and  professional photggraphers  choose
O Pieture  Sizes                                        ZEISS lenses than any other kind. 93 years
                                                                    d'evoted to the design, development and
  Advancement in the manufacture of both                         building  of  precision optical instruments
   lensesand film has made negative size rela-                    have given to ZEISS lenses a ouality that
   tively unimportant. Enlargementsof excel-                               is unsurpa ssed.

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        TENTTX           I  I
                          A small, compact, auto-focusing miniature camera
                                     for general photography; also for rapid sequence
                                  "stories-in-pictures".With a single movement, con-
                                    trolled by one finger, a short-throw lever advances
                                the film and sets the shutter. Optical view- and
                              range-findersare combined in ONE large opening.
                                                   It thus becomes possible to sight and follow even
                               a rapidly moving object, keep it constantly in sharp
                               focus, and snap one or many photographs in slow
                                  or  rapid sequence. Pictures are  of  the popular
                            square format, 1" x 1" (24x 24mm). lts four ZEISS
                               lenses, in bayonet mounts, a re interchangeable in
                               a few seconds. Compur-Rapid self-timing shutter.
   35 MM                 Tenax introduces new facilities that make it a dis-
AUT(I-F(lCUSIlIG              tinct addition to photographic equipment.
                                          Speciol Cotolog  upon Reguesf.
 MI1{IATURE                       Prfces: With ZEISS Tessar 112.8,1YB" (4cm) lens            . . . . $171.00
                                          With Sonnar tlT, 1ys" (4cm) lens                    207.00
                                      E x t r a L e n s e s : O r t h o m e t a r  t 1 4 . 5 1, "  ( 2 . 7 c m ) ,w i d e a n g l e 1 5 2 . 0 0
                                                  S o n n a r , t 1 4 ,3 "  ( 7 . 5 c m ) ,t e l e p h o t o       1 2 0 . 0 0
                                   S h u t t e r : C o m p u r - R a p i d , S e l f - T i m i n g , 1 t o  1 / 4 0 0& B .
                                         Picture Size: 50 pictures, 1" x 1" (24 x 24mm) on Contax spools;
                                             a l s o u s e s 5 5 m m b u l k  f i l m .
                                     Accessories  (extra):  Eveready  carrying  case,  $11.00; new
                                             3 5 . 5 m m s c r e w - i n f i l t e r s  l i s t e d o n p . 2 3 . A d a p t e r   f o r   f i t t i n g
                                             4 c m T e n a x l e n s e s t o M a g n i p h o t e n l a r g e r , N o . 1 4 5 5 1 1 7$ ,1 6 . 0 0 .