1938
- 41 Zeiss Ikon tenax II is actually an earlier camera than the
Tenax I which was introduced in 1939. This was a more expensive camera
with coupled rangefinder and interchangeable lenses. Both versions were
aimed at the 24 X 24 format, 35mm market which was dominated by the
motor driven Robot camera. The large lever on front was a film advance
which was advertised to be able to do 4 frames-per-second. The camera
is unique in that the special Compur-Rapid shutter is built into the
camera body instead of in the lens mount. Unlike the Tenax I and the
Robot it was not continued after the war. This example has the
standard Zeiss Tessar f2.8 / 40mm lens.