Can you tell what camera or photography device is this ?

i've seen this in a thrift store and it costs around 5$ !
it has a shutter but looks like an uncomplete camera or telescope for film photography !


please if you know what is this or if it worth anything

My guess is a camera copier for an Ophthalmologic or endoscopic apparatus.

Combined eyepiece/camera-adapter for a microscope with a registration-camera mounted

The camera body is based on a Zeiss Werra. Thus likely the whole shebang is from Zeiss, for their lab microscopes.

It's a Werra made in East Germany, possibly microscope camera or other medical use as above.

I'm 100% plus it's Werra as that film counter on the bottom is unique as is the body shape. These cameras were made by Carl Zeiss in their Jena lens factory, the only CZ cameras to be made there and not in one of the original Carl Zeiss Ikon camera factories.

It's quitee arly as they company couldn;t get Compur or Protor shutters easily after the mid 1950's. Werra cameras are well designed and ahead of many West Geraman designs as were KW's Praktina cameras.

Ian

Ian Grant said:

These cameras were made by Carl Zeiss in their Jena lens factory, the only CZ cameras to be made there and not in one of the original Carl Zeiss Ikon camera factories.

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The Werra was not made in Jena, but in Eisfeld, 70km away.

No 35mm camera was made in Jena.

AgX said:

The Werra was not made in Jena, but in Eisfeld, 70km away.

No 35mm camera was made in Jena.

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Pedantics it was unique to be the only Zeiss cameras made in the Carl Zeiss Jena lens factory, but hey CZ didn't say Carl Zeiss Eisfeld on any products

Ian

Ian Grant said:

Pedantics it was unique to be the only Zeiss cameras made in the Carl Zeiss Jena lens factory.

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Neither true.
In Jena they made other cameras. As aerial and terestial surveying cameras, micrographic cameras, multibody space cameras and such.

A lot of "our" lenses were neither made in Jena, but in Saalfeld.

Already before acquiring Pentacon the Zeiss Jena firm was complex.

However at Zeiss one was most eager to keep that mystical "from Jena" as synonym for source of quality.