Can you tell what camera or photography device is this ?

monkeyshoots · Nov 14, 2021

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

cowanw · Nov 14, 2021

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

AgX · Nov 14, 2021

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.

Ian Grant · Nov 14, 2021

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

AgX · Nov 14, 2021

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.

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

No 35mm camera was made in Jena.

Ian Grant · Nov 14, 2021

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

No 35mm camera was made in Jena.

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

AgX · Nov 14, 2021

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

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.

AgX · Nov 14, 2021

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

Can you tell what camera or photography device is this ?

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