Cocarette De Luxe
Contessa-Nettel
Stuttgart
Germany
Lens:
f4.5, 10.5 cm Zeiss Tessar, iris diaphragm. Serial no. 601132 (1924).Shutter:
Dial-set Compur, speeds 1 - 1/250, B, T.Construction:
Brown leather covered body, nickel plated fittings, brown leather bellows.Format:
6 x 9 cm exposures on roll-film.Focusing:
Bellows.Attributes:
Brilliant viewfinder. Frame finder.Film advance indicated by red window, not coupled to shutter. Spirit level.
Movements:
Rising front.Serial Number:
422880 .The De Luxe was based on the Cocarette Model 1 and produced in four sizes:
6 x 9 cm, 6.5 x 11 cm, 8 x 10.5 cm, 8 x 14 cm. The model was dropped soon after the formation of Zeiss-Ikon.
Lenses available included:
f4.5 Sonnar, f4.5 Tessar, f6.3 Tessar (c. 1925). A Compur shutter was always fitted.
References & Notes:
BJA 1924, p. 698. BJA 1925, p. 684. BJA 1926, p. 666.Cocarette
Model 207
1926
Contessa-Nettel
Stuttgart
Germany
Lens:
f6.8, 9 cm Contessa-Nettel Trinastigmat, iris diaphragm to f36. Serial no. 451312 .Shutter:
Ica, two-blade, speeds 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, B, T.Construction:
Metal body.Format:
2" x 3" exposures on Zeiss N6 roll-film (size 129).Focusing:
Bellows to 1 metre.Attributes:
Brilliant viewfinder. Frame finder.Film advance indicated by red window, not coupled to shutter.
Serial Number:
647770 .Cocarette
c. 1930
Zeiss-Ikon A. G.
Dresden
Germany
Lens:
f6.3, 12.5 cm Novar-Anastigmat, iris diaphragm to f32. Serial no. 1078615 (1930).Shutter:
Derval, two-blade pivoted return, speeds 1/25 - 1/100, B, T. Delayed action setting.Construction:
Metal body, leatherette covering, leather bellows.Format:
2 ½" x 4 ¼" exposures on roll-film.Focusing:
Bellows, scale to 6 feet.Attributes:
Brilliant viewfinder.Film advance indicated by red window, not coupled to shutter.
Tripod fixing.
Serial Number:
R3934 (1930) .With:
- Instruction book.
- Exposure Time Table. Simple folded card showing exposure times.
The Cocarette was produced by Contessa-Nettel prior to the Zeiss merger. Under Zeiss the model was aimed at the cheaper end of the folding roll-film market. It was produced in several sizes with a large range of lenses and fittings. The 2" x 3" size Cocarette was introduced around the time of the Zeiss merger.
The Zeis-Ikon Cocarette instruction book lists four models:
- Simple: No. 514. Covered in leatherette.
- Standard: No. 517. Leather covered, rising front, radial lever or rack and pinion focusing.
- Special: No. 519. Leather covered, radial lever focusing.
- De Luxe: No: 521. Brown Morocco leather covering and bellows, edges bound in German silver, rising front, radial lever or rack and pinion focusing.