Nettar, segón intent / Nettar again
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
La Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 és una càmera alemana de format 120 força anòdina. De fet, es tracta de la versió barata de les Ikonta i Super Ikonta d'aquesta marca.
Però per mi era una espina clavada no tenir exactament aquest model amb exactament aquest obturador i objectiu. Perquè ja vaig tenir una càmara EXACTAMENT identica, fa dos anys. Fou la primera càmera antiga que vaig comprar, però la vaig tenir només unes poques setmanes. La vaig comprar en uns encants locals, però resulta que l'obturador no funcionava correctament. En aquell moment vaig decidir que la volia fer servir, i reparar l'obturador semblava quelcom inabastable. Pel que vaig negociar amb qui me la va vendre fer el canvi per una altra, i així va ser.
Però em vaig quedar amb el cuquet de quedar-me sense la meva primera càmera, sobretot perquè ara sí que tinc més experiencia en fer algunes reparacions. I per fi vaig trobar aquesta, una identica Nettar 515/2, amb obturador Gauthier Klio i objectiu Nettar Anastigma f4.5/110mm, igual que l'altra. Fou fabricada cap al 1933.
La vaig comprar teoricament "plenament funcional", però per una ironia del destí, l'obturador va quedar bloquejat just en provar-lo. En un altre cas m'hauria emprenyat força amb el venedor, però m'ho vaig agafar com un repte: ara sí que tindria la oportunitat de repara aquesta Nettar, com hauria d'haver fet amb l'altra. Per sort, fer funcionar l'obturador només va requerir una neteja de les peces principals, i ara funciona força be, i ja la he provada amb pel·licula. Prova superada!
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Nettar#Nettar_515.2F2
mattsclassiccameras.com/folding-cameras/zeiss-ikon-nettar...
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The Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 is a German 120 format camera quite anodyne. In fact, it is the cheap version of the much more famous and valued Ikonta and Super Ikonta models of this brand.
But for me it was a thorn in my side not to have exactly that model with exactly that shutter and lens. Because I already had an EXACTLY identical camera, two years ago. It was the first vintage camera I collected, but I only had it for a few weeks. I bought it at a flea market, but it turns out the shutter didn’t work properly. At that point I decided I wanted to use it, and repairing the shutter seemed unattainable. So I negotiated with the man which sold it to me to make the change for another camera, and so it was.
But I was left with the urge to collect again this my first camera, mostly because now I do have more experience doing some repairs. And I finally found this one, an identical Nettar 515/2, with Gauthier Klio shutter and Nettar Anastigma f4.5 / 110mm lens, just like the other one. Even the finder and lack of body release was the same. It was manufactured around 1933.
I bought it theoretically "fully working", but ironically, the shutter was blocked just as I tried it. Otherwise I would have been quite angry with the seller, but I took it as a challenge: now I would have the opportunity to repair this Nettar, as I should have done with my first one. Luckily, making the shutter run again only required cleaning from old dirt the main parts, and now it works pretty well, and I’ve already tested it with film.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Nettar#Nettar_515.2F2
mattsclassiccameras.com/folding-cameras/zeiss-ikon-nettar...
Nettar, segón intent / Nettar again
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
La Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 és una càmera alemana de format 120 força anòdina. De fet, es tracta de la versió barata de les Ikonta i Super Ikonta d'aquesta marca.
Però per mi era una espina clavada no tenir exactament aquest model amb exactament aquest obturador i objectiu. Perquè ja vaig tenir una càmara EXACTAMENT identica, fa dos anys. Fou la primera càmera antiga que vaig comprar, però la vaig tenir només unes poques setmanes. La vaig comprar en uns encants locals, però resulta que l'obturador no funcionava correctament. En aquell moment vaig decidir que la volia fer servir, i reparar l'obturador semblava quelcom inabastable. Pel que vaig negociar amb qui me la va vendre fer el canvi per una altra, i així va ser.
Però em vaig quedar amb el cuquet de quedar-me sense la meva primera càmera, sobretot perquè ara sí que tinc més experiencia en fer algunes reparacions. I per fi vaig trobar aquesta, una identica Nettar 515/2, amb obturador Gauthier Klio i objectiu Nettar Anastigma f4.5/110mm, igual que l'altra. Fou fabricada cap al 1933.
La vaig comprar teoricament "plenament funcional", però per una ironia del destí, l'obturador va quedar bloquejat just en provar-lo. En un altre cas m'hauria emprenyat força amb el venedor, però m'ho vaig agafar com un repte: ara sí que tindria la oportunitat de repara aquesta Nettar, com hauria d'haver fet amb l'altra. Per sort, fer funcionar l'obturador només va requerir una neteja de les peces principals, i ara funciona força be, i ja la he provada amb pel·licula. Prova superada!
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Nettar#Nettar_515.2F2
mattsclassiccameras.com/folding-cameras/zeiss-ikon-nettar...
====================
The Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 is a German 120 format camera quite anodyne. In fact, it is the cheap version of the much more famous and valued Ikonta and Super Ikonta models of this brand.
But for me it was a thorn in my side not to have exactly that model with exactly that shutter and lens. Because I already had an EXACTLY identical camera, two years ago. It was the first vintage camera I collected, but I only had it for a few weeks. I bought it at a flea market, but it turns out the shutter didn’t work properly. At that point I decided I wanted to use it, and repairing the shutter seemed unattainable. So I negotiated with the man which sold it to me to make the change for another camera, and so it was.
But I was left with the urge to collect again this my first camera, mostly because now I do have more experience doing some repairs. And I finally found this one, an identical Nettar 515/2, with Gauthier Klio shutter and Nettar Anastigma f4.5 / 110mm lens, just like the other one. Even the finder and lack of body release was the same. It was manufactured around 1933.
I bought it theoretically "fully working", but ironically, the shutter was blocked just as I tried it. Otherwise I would have been quite angry with the seller, but I took it as a challenge: now I would have the opportunity to repair this Nettar, as I should have done with my first one. Luckily, making the shutter run again only required cleaning from old dirt the main parts, and now it works pretty well, and I’ve already tested it with film.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Nettar#Nettar_515.2F2
mattsclassiccameras.com/folding-cameras/zeiss-ikon-nettar...