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Background
Ikomatic is a series of compact, point & shot cameras from Zeiss Ikon (manufactured by Bilora), that is easy to carry around and with simple control. There were several models :
- Ikomatic F (1964) - Fixed exposure, using flash bulb
- Ikomatic CF (1964) - Fixed exposure, using flash cube
- Ikomatic A (1965) - Auto-exposure control (varied aperture) by selenium photo cell
Design Motif
For Ikomatic CF, camera bodies were produced in 2 finishes, either black leather or wood grain, by using laminated synthetic material. Although wood grain finish appearing in cameras is not very common, there are a few others, e.g. Bell & Howell Autoload (Super 8 movie camera), Voigtlander Vitessa 500 AE Electronic and 500 SE Electronic (1968, marketed under Zeiss Ikon).
Even the camera back is designed neatly, and consistently with the same design motif in using wood grain.
This wood grain design motif was also commonly used in electronic products (refer to the image of SONY's Ad in 70s in the botton of this webpage), furniture, interior design, etc in 70s period.
About The Camera
The camera shown in this webpage is Zeiss Ikon Ikomatic CF, with wood grain finish.
- using 126 film cartridge (How to Adapt 35mm/135 Film to be used on 126 Format Camera)
- Frontar Lens, with zone focusing from portrait to landscape
- Lever to advance film, cock shutter, and rotate flash cube for next shot
- Shutter release
- 2 shutter speeds are available, 1/30 sec with flash and 1/60 sec for daylight
- Fixed aperture
- Socket for attaching flash cube
- Tripod hole at camera bottom
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