Editing Icarex

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The '''Icarex 35''' was a 35mm SLR made by the German company [[Zeiss Ikon]] at the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s.

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[[File:Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 mit Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8 50mm - Foto 2019 Wolfgang Pehlemann DSC04878.jpg|thumb|Icarex]]
It was originally developed by [[Voigtländer]], but was released after the fusion of Zeiss Ikon and Voigtländer in 1966. The original Icarex 35 model, or '''Icarex 35''', had a focal plane shutter to 1/1000, a special bayonet mount, and an interchangeable finder, with the choice between a waist-level finder, a [[pentaprism]] or a [[Light meter|metered]] pentaprism, marked '''Icarex 35 CS'''. The exposure meter in the pentaprism was of the through the lens type, but the exposure could only be read with the diaphragm closed. The Icarex 35 also had interchangeable finder screens.

The next model, called the '''Icarex 35S''', was basically the same body with a fixed [[pentaprism]] and a built-in through the lens [[Light meter|meter]], still with closed diaphragm exposure reading.

The special bayonet mount and the limited range of lenses were hampering the Icarex sales, so the two models were released in a modified version accepting [[42mm screw lenses]]. They had a '''TM''' badge to distinguish them from the bayonet versions, that remained in production with a '''BM''' badge. An Icarex with no BM or TM badge is a bayonet body made before the thread mount version was introduced.

So the range finally comprised four models:
* Icarex 35 (BM)
* Icarex 35 (TM)
* Icarex 35S (BM)
* Icarex 35S (TM)
Apparently all four were sold in chrome or black. Some black bodies had an additional '''PRO''' badge, that added nothing at all.

In 1971, the Icarex was replaced by the [[Zeiss Ikon SL706|SL706]], which is like the Icarex 35S (TM) with open aperture metering and a slightly redesigned body.

== Icarex bayonet lenses ==

The range of lenses for the Icarex bayonet mount was quite small. Apparently they were former Voigtländer designs.

* 35/3.4 Skoparex
* 50/1.8 Ultron (concave front element)
* 50/2.8 Tessar (4 element)
* 50/2.8 Color-Pantar (3 element)
* 90/3.4 Dynarex
* 135/4 Super-Dynarex
* 200/4 Super-Dynarex
* 400/5 Telomar
* 36-82/2.8 Zoomar

The 25/4 Distagon possibly existed in Icarex bayonet mount. It did exist in the thread mount, and in [[Contaflex (SLR)#The Contaflex 126|Contaflex 126]] mount.

There was an adaptor to mount a Carl Zeiss monocular 8x30 B.

== Bibliography ==
* Afalter, Udo. ''Voigtländer Kameras & Objective.'' Stuttgart: Lindemanns Verlag, 2nd edition, 1998. ISBN 3-89506-137-9.
* Barringer, C. and Small, M. ''Zeiss Compendium East and West &mdash; 1940&ndash;1972.'' Small Dole, UK: Hove Books, 1999 (2nd edition). ISBN 1-874707-24-3.
* {{Matanle SLR}} Pp.104–7.

== Links ==
In English:
* [http://photographic.co.nz/cameraworks/cameras/icarex35s/ Icarex repair notes] at [http://photographic.co.nz/cameraworks/Default.htm Robert Ian Axford's Camera Works]
* [http://www.thecamerasite.net/01_SLR_Cameras/Pages/zeisicarex.htm Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35S BM] at [http://www.thecamerasite.net The Camera Site] by Reijo Lauro
In German:
* [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Icarex.html Icarex 35 &mdash; die tragische Gestalt der Zeiss-Ikon-Werke], an article in [http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/index.html Frank Mechelhoff's camera website]
In Japanese:
* [http://www.cameraguild.jp/voigtlander/icarex/icarex_index.htm Icarex and SL706] at [http://www.cameraguild.jp/voigtlander/index.htm Voigtländer Office Heliar]
In French:
* On [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.com] by Sylvain Halgand
**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12056 Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 (10.2200)]
**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12054 Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 cs (10.2300)]
**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12053 Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 cs Pro (10.2300)]
**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12052 Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 S (10.3300)]
**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12051 Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 S BM]
**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1757 Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 S BM]
**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12055 Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35 TM (10.3500)]
**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=12992 Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35S TM]
**  [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=2143 Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35S TM Pro]


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