Box Tengor II 56/2
The Box Tengor II 56/2 was a box camera from Zeiss Ikon . It was produced by the optical institute CP Goerz . With it, Zeiss tried to build on the success of its pre-war box Tengor. It was a popular box camera, but also the most expensive and initially cost 33 marks. It was built from 1951 to 1956 in Berlin-Steglitz .
Features and equipment
- Film type 6x9 cm, roll film
- Year of construction 1951–1956
- Optics Goerz Frontar- Achromat 1: 9/105 mm
- Rotary shutter (1/30 and “B”) with a double exposure lock
- Manual focus, 1–2, 2–8, 8– ∞ adjustable in three stages
- Hot shoe on the lower left side
lens
The objective was a coated achromat with a light intensity of 9, dimmable to 11 and 16. By connecting close-up lenses, you could also focus at 1–2 m and 2–8 m. The focal length was 105 mm. The usual box cameras only had a simple meniscus lens (a monocle), while the Tengor II 56/2 already had an achromatic lens and thus a higher quality, corrected optical system with three different aperture settings .
history
In principle, the Box Tengor was the consistent further development of pre-war technology. Thanks to the achromat , color films could now also be used. At the beginning of 1955, however, the situation changed very suddenly due to the modern Agfa Clack . The further future belonged to a new type of camera: the 35mm camera .
