The "Zeiss briquette"
German vintage camera fans refer to the slightly clunky look favoured by Zeiss Ikon designers as the "Zeiss briquette". In the English vernacular, I guess one might describe it as "built like a brick ****house".
On the plus side of course is the mechanical solidity. With all that size and weight it should at least be solid. And it is, though not on par with a Leicaflex. As long as you don't use the on-board light meter, you might even like the ergonomics.
It's a Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer Icarex 35S TM body with a Voigtländer Color Ultron 1.8/50 M42 lens, in case you're curious.
I actually quite like it, but in its time, few others did. Not enough to keep its maker afloat, at any rate. Adding insult to injury, I photographed it using hardware made by its major German competitor.
Shot with:
Canon EOS600D
Leica Bellows R (16860)
Leica 100mm f/4 Macro Elmar-R, bellows version (11230)
The "Zeiss briquette"
German vintage camera fans refer to the slightly clunky look favoured by Zeiss Ikon designers as the "Zeiss briquette". In the English vernacular, I guess one might describe it as "built like a brick ****house".
On the plus side of course is the mechanical solidity. With all that size and weight it should at least be solid. And it is, though not on par with a Leicaflex. As long as you don't use the on-board light meter, you might even like the ergonomics.
It's a Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer Icarex 35S TM body with a Voigtländer Color Ultron 1.8/50 M42 lens, in case you're curious.
I actually quite like it, but in its time, few others did. Not enough to keep its maker afloat, at any rate. Adding insult to injury, I photographed it using hardware made by its major German competitor.
Shot with:
Canon EOS600D
Leica Bellows R (16860)
Leica 100mm f/4 Macro Elmar-R, bellows version (11230)