Contessa-Nettel Deckrullo


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Condition: Excellent

Contessa-Nettel Deckrullo

Excellent condition, shutter not working correctly

Supplied with a focusing back

Built: 1909-1925

For plates and film packs

recording format 14x9,5cm

Manual focus

Mechanical slotted shutter

Fastest shutter speed 1/1000s

Manual exposure control

Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar

focal length: 18cm

General Contessa-Nettel Deckrullo Information

Deckrullo-Nettel is a series of strut folding plate film press camera, manufactured by Contessa-NettelAG, and produced between 1919-26.

It is the continuation model of the 1909-19 Nettel Kamera-werke model; continued after 1926 by Zeiss Ikon till 1938.

The Deckrullo was one of the most popular of the 'press' camera designs of the pre-1940 period.

The camera was originally made by by Suddeutsches Camerawerk Korner and Mayer, in Sontheim am Neckar, Germany, in 1903. This company was renamed in 1909 as Nettel Kamera-werke, known as the name Nettel and later as the Deckrullo. Dr.August Nagel bought this firm in 1919 and merged with his company Contessa Kamera-werke. Later the firm renamed as Contessa-Nettel AG. Camera was continued in production after the merger. And following the founding of Zeiss-Ikon the camera was adopted as that company's 'press' camera model.

Nettel Kamera-werke was specializing in folding plate cameras. One of the company's specialties was its wide range of stereo camera models.

Another specialty were cameras with focal plane shutter named Deck-Rouleau. Under Contessa-Nettel the camera was call Deckrullo-Nettel, but after Contessa-Nettel merged with Ernemann, Goerz and Ica to form Zeiss Ikon in 1926 then it reverted to it's original Nettel name.

The name Deckrullo means "covering roller-blind". In 1932, this focal plane shutter used on Contax cameras with improvements but using the same basic shutter design.

During the Zeiss Ikon period the shutter dial was re-designed and simplified and more lens options became available.

Camera House Price: £175.00

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Use a Camera Bag

A camera bag does more than just protect the camera against scratches and dust: It keeps it safe from rain because many are waterproof on the outside.

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Use only special equipment to clean your camera’s LCD screen and camera lens. Buy a special cleaning kit that includes liquid solutions, microfiber cloths and brushes that have been specially designed to clean your camera lens.

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