1927 Zeiss Ikon Ideal 111

The Ideal 111 is a folding bed plate camera that takes pictures on 6.5x9 sheet film. This one has an uncoated Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 120mm f/4.5 lens in a rim-set Compur shutter with a maximum speed of 1/250. Based on the serial number, it was made by Zeiss Ikon in Dresden, Germany in 1927. For the first pictures taken with this camera we used a roll film adapter which allows taking pictures in 6x9 format on standard 120 roll film. Unfortunately the adaptor was not a perfect fit for the Ideal so you can see some light leaks in the outdoor shots which we fixed when we took the indoor still lifes. The images are super sharp and it's a really fun camera to use when you have the luxury of time to focus on the art of photography rather than taking snapshots.