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Zeiss Ikon ZM with Planar 50 mm f /2 lens. The Zeiss Ikon ZM (2004) and SW (2006) were introduced under the Zeiss Ikon branding, [11] with features similar to the Bessa-R3A, [7] including an autoexposure mode and Leica M mount compatibility, and a longer rangefinder base length. [12]
Icarex is a line of 35mm single lens reflex cameras (SLRs) made by Zeiss Ikon, derived from an earlier Bessaflex project developed by Voigtländer.The Icarex line, which included the Icarex 35, Icarex 35CS, Icarex 35S, and SL 706, was aimed at a mid-range market above the Contaflex SLR, which was intended for advanced amateurs, but below the Contarex line for professionals.
The Zeiss Ikon logo is based on the design of the rear cemented group in Rudolph's Tessar lens. Zeiss Ikon was an independent camera company related to Carl Zeiss, formed by the merger of four camera makers (Contessa-Nettel, Ernemann, Goerz and ICA) in Dresden on September 15, 1926. [27]
Meopta (Czech Republic/US) Ceased Photographic enlarger production 2006. Leitz (Germany) Focomat photographic enlargers; Konica Minolta (Japan) Minlabs, photographic enlargers, film scanners. Exited photo business in 2006. Phototherm (USA) Sidekick photo processors. Ceased production/support 2018. Photon Beard (UK) Easels. Main specialism lighting.
Its manufacture of a new Zeiss Ikon rangefinder camera with Leica M-mount, and Zeiss lenses in Leica bayonet mount, was announced in October 2004, and had begun producing these by April 2006. All these cameras use film.
The Zeiss Hologon is an ultra wide-angle f=15mm f / 8 triplet lens, providing a 110° angle of view for 35mm format cameras. The Hologon was originally fitted to a dedicated camera, the Zeiss Ikon Contarex Hologon in the late 1960s; as sales of that camera were poor and the Zeiss Ikon company itself was going bankrupt, an additional 225 lenses were made in Leica M mount and released for sale ...
Yashica's owner Kyocera ended camera production in 2006. Yashica lenses were then made by Cosina, who also manufactured most of the new Zeiss designs for the new Zeiss Ikon coupled rangefinder camera. Another licensee active today is Sony who uses the Zeiss name on lenses on its video and digital still cameras.
The Contaflex series is a family of 35mm Single-lens reflex cameras (SLR) equipped with a leaf shutter, produced by Zeiss Ikon in the 1950s and 1960s. The name was first used by Zeiss Ikon in 1935 for a 35mm Twin-lens reflex camera, the Contaflex TLR; for the earlier TLR, the -flex suffix referred to the integral reflex mirror for the viewfinder.