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Zeiss Ikon Movikon K 8

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Type: Movie Camera

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Manufacture :   Zeiss Ikon 

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Production Date :  Manufactured in 1939

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This Movikon 8, with the letter "K", was produced in 1939 and was equipped with a lens Zeiss Sonnar 1:2 f 10mm, interchangeable.

 

ZEISS IKON began in late 1926, when some of major camera manufacturers in German Contessa-Nettel, Ernemann, Goerz, and Ica merged to form Zeiss Ikon, setting up the a headquarters in Dresden.  The new firm combined the strengths of the merging companies and continued many of their previous models under the new Zeiss Ikon logo. 

 

In 1946, after WWII, a new Zeiss Iko started up in the old Contessa Nettel factor in Stuttgart, West Germany.  Camera models were also still being made in the Jena (Car. Zeiss) and Dresden factories.  The trademark became the subject of much dispute and litigation.  As a result, the state-owned eastern Zeiss group had the rights to market their products with the Zeiss name in certain eastern bloc countries, including the former Soviet Union.

 

Zeiss IKON F Stuttgart had the marketing rights in most NATO countries.  The trademark "Zeiss Ikon relates to photographic products, only a Small part of Zeiss operations. Camera production ceased in 1971 with assembly continuing into 1972. However, the Zeiss companies are still very active in producing optical products.