ZEISS COMPENDIUM EAST & WEST - 1940-1972 HARDCOVER BOOK - FREE USA SHIPPING

Description

Hove Collectors Books 1995, hardcover, 7-5/8 x 10", 168 pages, illustrations in B&.
Guide to wartime and postwar Zeiss cameras from the East and West Germany. Includes information on Voigtlaender and Soviet clones. The authors unravel the complex story of the Zeiss Stiftung and provide comprehensive tables of all models.
Contents
Chapter 1, Zeiss Ikon to 1945
Chapter 2, The Phoenix Arises
Chapter 3, Medium Format Sets
Chapter 4, Genius Reborn:  The Contx Redivivus
Chapter 5, Innovation:  The Contaflex SLR Series
Chapter 6, Zeiss Ikon Meets The World
Chapter 7, The Technical Edge: The Contarex
Chapter 8, Contarex Lenses
Chapter 9, Contarex Accessories
Chapter 10, The Benign Apotheosis of Voigtlander
Chapter 11, The Permutationsof Zeiss Ikon
Chapter 12, When the Dream Dies
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