Zeiss Ikon Tengoflex: An Uncommon and Interesting Box Camera - Camera Talk

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By its nature, it's an easy camera to shoot out on the street, because you shoot from the waist, rather than hold it up to your eye. Framing can be a bit vague, because the large magnifier doesn't provide accurate framing. It's a box camera - so you just accept it.

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I'd never heard of a Tengoflex prior to watching this video. It seems like a pleasant little camera, and I agree that these lower spec simple cameras are great fun. I have a junk shop find 54/2 Box Tengor, 1934-38. It's nothing to write home about although the 6x9 negative takes up some of the slack for the simple lens. When new, most images from these box cameras would have been printed as contact prints, so it's probably slightly unfair to look at them on hi res screens. I have hundreds of old family pictures taken with this type of camera, and nearly all are contact prints.

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This camera is uncommon but here are other cameras that are very similar to shoot. In the USA there is the Kodak Duaflex range, the better models have a decent triplet lens. There is also the Argus 75, Super 75, and Argus 40. The Argus 40 has full aperture and multiple shutter speeds. There were many cheaper dual lens cameras made in Chicago, but those don’t have good lenses.

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Oh yes, plenty of TLR box cameras out there. I just came across an Argus bakelite TLR that was given to me years ago. It's pretty well made. Takes 620, of course, so I'll need to respool.