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Re: Ikoflex

  • From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Ikoflex
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 20:18:09 -0400
Stephen Kearney wrote:

> Has anyone ever used a Zeiss Ikoflex? In particular I've been eyeing the Ikoflex
> Ib with a Tessar lens. good cameras? Still usable? Sharp?


Hi Stephen-

I have an Icoflex 1a w/Tessar... these are not considered reliable
users. They are not nearly as well designed as Rolleiflex/rolleicords,
and they easily get gummed up and unusable. Collectors like them 'cause
they are Zeiss...

A camera comparable in price and much more usable would be a rolleicord
III, which featured coated synced schneider xenars. You can find them
pretty readily for $150 in good shape. Autocords and top-end Ricohflexes
go for even less...

Eric G.