some B&W shots by my Zeiss Nettar

[spiderfrank]

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[FallisPhoto]

Zeiss made a dozen cameras labled Nettar. Which model do you have? They also came with a dozen different lenses and I think two shutters; which of these do you have? Is this a 6x9 or a 6x6 Nettar (I notice at least a few of your photos are cropped)?

[spiderfrank]

Hi Fallis, my Nettar is the model 518/16, made in 1949. It's a 6x6 camera with Novar Anastigmat lens 75mm f4.5 and Pronto shutter ( 1/25" to 1/200" plus B). It has the "red signal" in the viewfinder and the shutter lock to prevent double exposures.

Franco

[Jerevan]

Nice photos! Keep them coming. I also have a Nettar, but an older version, the 515/16. I think it is the post-war version with the Novar-Anastigmat 75/ f4.5 (I don't have it around here). Really great little camera.

Are the photos taken in Savona or somewhere else?

EDIT: I remembered incorrectly, it has a Vario shutter and a Novar f6.3, so it is a pre-war Nettar.

[spiderfrank]

Yes, near Savona: the first two photos (seagulls) are from Celle Ligure, all the others from Noli.

Jerevan, I see you are swedish... In the case of my camera there is (written by pen) the name and address of one of the former owners, and he was from Sweden (Lund): I tried to make a little search opening a thread here in the forum, to find a relative and know something about the story of the camera (just for curiosity), but with no results...

Franco

[VictorM.]

Nice pictures...but are you aware you cannot take good pictures with an old 3-element lens? ;)

[FallisPhoto]

Hi Fallis, my Nettar is the model 518/16, made in 1949. It's a 6x6 camera with Novar Anastigmat lens 75mm f4.5 and Pronto shutter ( 1/25" to 1/200" plus B). It has the "red signal" in the viewfinder and the shutter lock to prevent double exposures.

Franco

Mine is a plain jane 515/2 (6x9) with the same lens in a Klio shutter. It is currently undergoing a bellows transplant, due to too many misfolds to just fix (I'm using "new old stock" Kodak bellows). I am having difficulty with removing the tripod socket (that's necessary in order to remove the back, which I have to do in order to get at the back end of the bellows). We'll see how that works out. If it does, then next will be releathering, because the "leatherette" used seemed to be just painted fabric, with the leather texture molded into the paint. It pretty much just crumbles to dust upon removal, leaving me with a handfull of dirty cloth.

[FallisPhoto]

Nice pictures...but are you aware you cannot take good pictures with an old 3-element lens? ;)

Best of the 3-element lenses: http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54549

[Trius]

#3 & #4 are really great.

[bmattock]

I like them all - well done on the zone focus for the gulls - that could not have been easy! And seriously, I really like these photos.

[SCOTFORTHLAD]

I like them all - well done on the zone focus for the gulls - that could not have been easy! And seriously, I really like these photos.

Amen to that!!!

Lovely pictures all---well done.

Brian.

[Thardy]

How is the frame spacing on this camera?

[spiderfrank]

Thardy, no problem with the film spacing: my Nettar has the red window on the back... ;-)

[vdonovan]

Yes, nice photos, lovely to look at.

[peterm1]

Very nice photos from a very nice little camera. The Nettar and the Perkeo are two of my favorite rollfilm cameras and its good to see it producing such nice images. I very nearly bought a Nettar a few years ago but when I went back to make the deal, it had gone. C'est la Vie!

[robert blu]

nice pictures spiderfrank, I like the ones with fishers and their boats and the seagulls. I also like the S.Paragorio church ! With your pictures you sent me back almost 50 years in time: when I was a child I was used to spend summer holidays in Noli ! Thanks for this journey back in my past !
rober

[wilt]

Jerevan, I see you are swedish... In the case of my camera there is (written by pen) the name and address of one of the former owners, and he was from Sweden (Lund): I tried to make a little search opening a thread here in the forum, to find a relative and know something about the story of the camera (just for curiosity), but with no results...

Franco
I'm from Lund ...

[spiderfrank]

nice pictures spiderfrank, I like the ones with fishers and their boats and the seagulls. I also like the S.Paragorio church ! With your pictures you sent me back almost 50 years in time: when I was a child I was used to spend summer holidays in Noli ! Thanks for this journey back in my past !
rober

Robert, nice to read this, I have a lot of photo of Noli, and if you like to see anything specific, you can ask me.

Ciao
Franco

[spiderfrank]

I'm from Lund ...

Lund? Really? This is a good new!! The address on the case of my Nettar is:

"Bengt Persson - Tullgatan, 10 - Lund"

I searched in the net and found that Tullgatan street is in the centre of the city...

Franco

[whitecat]

Good shots. I have some with my Nettar in my B/W album. A hidden gem of a camera, and so cheap!