Why eleven exposures from a Super Ikonta B?

[bill_schmidt]

Subject line says most of it. I thought 12 exposures on a roll of 120

from a 6 x 6 was pretty standard. Yet the exposure counter on my

new(to me) Super Ikonta B (532/16) only goes to 11. Is it frame

spacing because of the auto frame counter/winding? Can I squeeze a

12th somehow?!

[marbing]

That appears to be one of the quirks with this camera. I have one too and...yes.. I only get 11 shots. You need to go to the model after this...the Super Ikonta BX to get 12 shots.

[lex_jenkins]

Nigel Tufnel's amplifier goes to 11 too.

[david_f._stein]

Welta (and I expect others) had a similar 6x6 folder. The cost of automatic frame

advance was one exposure-for 11 total. If you use the window in back and manually

advance, you can achieve 12 exposures per roll with the Welta. I guess that's not an

option on the Super Ikonta B. ENJOY YOUR FINE CAMERA..

[classcamera]

Hello All,<P>

 

Please note the film advance window is on the top of the back door, which is typically the place for a 6x9 camera; this is so Zeiss could use the same basic dies for all of there pressure plates and the center portion of the back. There is another practical reason for this, it helps prevent fog on the first exposure, caused by loading the film.

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I wish I could say there was a way to get the last exposure, but there is not.

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[wayne_crider4]

When I had mine I could easily pull 12 if not 13 pics. The secret is the

placement of the first frame (use a roll of paper of a developed roll) and

rotating the exp dial at the end of the 11th picture to slightly before the #1

frame (numeral) to continue. You should be off the 12 o'clock hash mark

denoting frame number the same distance that exist between the #1 and #2

(etc) frame numbers.