Piccolette - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Piccolette

Contessa-Nettel

Stuttgart

Germany

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Lens:
f4.5, 7.5 cm Zeiss Tessar, iris diaphragm to f25. Serial no. 501234 (c. 1922).

Shutter:
Dial-set Compur, speeds 1 - 1/300, B, T. Serial no. 712356.

Construction:
Metal body, leather bellows.

Format:
8, 4 x 6.5 cm exposures on 127 roll-film.

Focusing:
Front-cell to 1 metre.

Attributes:
Brilliant view-finder, frame finder.
Film advance indicated by red window, not coupled to shutter.

Serial Number:
485135 .

The Piccolette was available with a number of lenses including a Tessar of either f4.5 or f6.3. The cheapest option cost £1.15.0 the dearest, an f4.5 Tessar in a Compur, cost £12. Following the Zeiss merger the shutter was changed to a rim-set model.

References & Notes:
BJA 1924, p. 696. BJA 1925, p. 686. BJA 1928, p. 676.

Piccolette

Contessa-Nettel

Stuttgart

Germany

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Lens:
f5.4, 7.5 cm Contessa-Nettel Doppel-Anastigmat Teronar, iris diaphragm to f25. Serial no. 155278 .

Shutter:
Dial-set Compur, speeds 1 - 1/300, B, T. Serial no. 446201.

Construction:
Metal body, leather bellows.

Format:
8, 4 x 6.5 cm exposures on 127 roll-film.

Focusing:
Fixed.

Attributes:
Brilliant view-finder, frame finder.
Film advance indicated by red window, not coupled to shutter.

Serial Number:
182419 .

With:
Case (Kodak).

Piccolette

Zeiss-Ikon A. G.

Dresden

Germany

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Lens:
f6.3, 7.5 cm Novar-Anastigmat, iris diaphragm to f32. Serial no. 1076751 .

Shutter:
Derval, speeds 1/25 - 1/100, B, T.

Construction:
Metal body, leather bellows.

Format:
8, 4 x 6.5 cm exposures on 127 roll-film.

Focusing:
Fixed.

Attributes:
Brilliant view-finder, frame finder.
Film advance indicated by red window, not coupled to shutter.

Late model with Zeiss-Ikon insignia.

Code Names:
545/12.

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