Contessa Nettel folding bellows camera

Made:
circa 1922 in Dresden
maker:
Contessa-Nettel AG

Contessa Nettel folding bellows camera for plates or sheet-film size 3 1/4 x 4 1.4". Has double extension anmd focusing is by rack and pinion. Front panel has rising front and side movement. Fitted with a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar F.4.5 150mm lens mounted in a dial set Compur shutter with speeds 1 sec to 1/150 B. & T. With back of ground glass and brilliant waist-level finder on front with spirit level. All metal construction with black leather cover. C.1922

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/45
Materials:
metal (unknown), leather and glass
Measurements:
overall: 190 mm x 140 mm x 80 mm,
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection