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Zeiss/Ikon Icarex 35s Jul 22, 2016 12:50:47 GMT

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My new toy...an old Classic, the Zeiss/Ikon Icarex 35s BM "Bajonet Mount". One of the last SLRs "made in germany" - and this one is from 1968.

A bit of their History here (german, one can use google translate)

www.klassik-cameras.de/Icarex.html

...and a matching Zeiss Super Dynarex 135/4 Lens...

...soon to be here...i hope so... :-) The price, if one might ask: (Icarex 35s BM - 15 EUR, Super-Dynarex 135/4 - 20 EUR, both without Shipping cost, of course)

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Zeiss/Ikon Icarex 35s Jul 23, 2016 0:39:51 GMT

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I wanted to continue my Contaflex collection up through the Icarex models, but have gotten sidetracked. They certainly are well crafted cameras.

PF

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Zeiss/Ikon Icarex 35s Jul 23, 2016 8:27:09 GMT

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Jul 23, 2016 0:39:51 GMT ridgeblue99 said:

I wanted to continue my Contaflex collection up through the Icarex models, but have gotten sidetracked. They certainly are well crafted cameras.

PF

The Contaflex Series was mechanically the best one, Zeiss/Ikon had back in it's day. The Icarex series was being considered an "Old men's camera", but i can't see why. Perhaps the brick-like design, perhaps because i am in my 40's...but i do like it.

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Zeiss/Ikon Icarex 35s Jul 16, 2017 19:35:06 GMT

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I've finally managed to get the TM (M42, "ThreadMount") Icarex 35S Version way cheaply into great Condition, BM "BajonetMount" Versions are usually cheaper, and much more widespread. Yes, these SLRs are well crafted, some german review wrote about "An old's man Camera"...and afaik they're made out of Alu-Magnesium. They're heavy & robust.

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Zeiss/Ikon Icarex 35s Sept 28, 2017 1:06:01 GMT

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I think the "old man's" moniker came about because at the time these cameras were introduced, only old men who had been Zeiss fans for a long time were buying them. They had already been surpassed technically by smaller cameras introduced from Japan.

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ps: BTW, Lenslover, I don't see your photos, just an icon. How did you post them?