Skegness 645

Skegness 645

This shot is taken with a Zeiss Ikon Ikonata 520.
It shoots 16- 6x4.5cm frames on 120 film. It is fitted with a very sharp 7cm f3.5 uncoated Tessar, I always use it with a lens hood.
I picked this camera up on eBay for a very small amount of money, it had been in someones attic for years, even after all these years the slow shutter speeds run very well, it has a compur shutter with speeds from 1 second to 1/300 B&T. This little folder fits into the palm of my hand when folded and is a joy to use.
A handy tip for avoiding fogged film when using one of these cameras with pan film is to cover the frame counter windows with pieces of black tape and remove them when you advance the film and stick them back on. The camera has two windows which correspond to the numbers on the backing paper on 120 film for 6x9 format, so when you load a film you wind until the number 1 appears in the window closest to the film spool. when you shoot the first frame wind on until the number 1 appears in the second window beside the take up spool and so on to number 8 then you will get your 16 exposures on 120 film.

Zeiss Ikon Ikonata film Classic Pan 200 Dev D76 stock