Zeiss Icon Compur

Can anybody tell me where I can find manual for a:

Zeiss Ikon Compur

with a

Tessar 1:6,3 f 13,5

n?108208

Which is the year??

Is it good or bad??

It's belong to my father, and now i intend to take some photos with her.

I live in Portugal, but i don't find film! Do you know a place in Europe

where i can buy??

Sorry for my english: :(

Thanks!!

<blockquote><i>where I can find manual for a: Zeiss Ikon Compur</i></blockquote>

That's not the camera's name, it's just the manufacturer and the name of the leaf shutter. Look <b><a href="http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/zeiss/zeiss.htm" target="_NEW">here</a></b> and see if you can find your model. But operation should be pretty uncomplicated, with some classic camera experience you can easily use it.

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<blockquote><i>Tessar 1:6,3 f 13,5 n?108208 Which is the year??</i></blockquote>

If that's the serial number on the lens, it was produced in the years before 1912 (I'd guess around 1908).

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<blockquote><i>Is it good or bad??</i></blockquote>

A Tessar is a great lens when in a reasonably good condition. Probably one of the best lenses on contemporary plate cameras if that producting year is correct.

 

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<blockquote><i>I live in Portugal, but i don't find film!</i></blockquote>

It's most likely a plate camera. There are rollfilm adapters available (i.e., Rada cassetes) which allow the use of standard 120 roll film. I use one with my old cameras and it works fine.

Hi Leo,

I'm sure some of our European friends will be chiming in on this but my observation would be that since the lens is a 135mm that it likely does not take 120 roll film but rather (if it does take roll film!) something like the larger "postcard" 116. This is available from www.filmforclassics.com. Have fun!

For most types of film you could try www.photostock.fr . They have a nice shop in Paris, i've been there personally, they are very well stocked and keep everything in refrigerators.

Thanks!

The number of the lens is 672534.

Is it a plate/sheet or roll film camera? A few pictures might help us identify it.

Is it a plate/sheet. I don't know how to attache pictures. Please tell me.

According to <b><a href="http://www.davidrichert.com/age_model_.htm" target="_NEW">this list</a></b>, the lens was manufactured 1926, the year Zeiss Ikon was formed. The lensmaker Carl Zeiss of course is a lot older than that.

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Virtually everything Zeiss Ikon ever sold was assigned a catalog number. Somewhere on the camera body (or strap) should be a number like 207/1, which will identify the particular camera model and film format.

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As I said, there are contemporary roll film holders available for these vintage plate cameras. I use the popular Rada cassette made by Plaubel, but there are other makes available (e.g., Suydam, Rollex, etc).

It's much more sensible using these cameras with the common roll films of today, as there are a wide range of inexpensive film varieties available for all kinds of applications and processing is (still) pretty cheap, instead of trying to get your hands on modern glass plates (very expensive and difficult to process). The roll film adapters came in different formats, so be sure to check the size before you buy one. Usually they are for the 6x9 format, but some come with adapters for 6x6 or 645 (not mine, unfortunately). They cost around €50 here on the German version of that big internet auction site.