Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor

Type 54 image by Alfred Sigaro (Image rights)

Box Tengor is a series of medium format film box cameras made by Zeiss Ikon and produced between 1926-1956.

It is a continuation model of Goerz Box Tengor that produced by Goerz before the merger to form the Zeiss Ikon.

There are many types of the camera during its long production period for 127VP, 120, 116/616, and 129 film sizes.

Box Tengor types[]

Types and info are as to McKeown's pp. 1037-39

Type 54 image by Max7575 (Image rights)

Type 54/2 later model image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

1934-38
Film: 120 roll film
Lens: Goerz Frontar Achromat two elements
Aperture: switchable: f/11, f/16 or f/22
Shutter: single speed 1/25 +B
Focusing: switchable: 1m, 3m+, 8m+
Viewfinder: two built-in brilliant finders, one for vertical, one for horizontal image format

1926-33
129 film for 5x7.5cm frames
Goerz Frontar f/11 lens
There were two versions of the camera
- First version: 1926-28, quite rare, Viewfinder objectives are upper front corner of the camera
- Second version: 1928-34, Viewfinder objectives are horizontal on front of the camera

1926-38
116 film for 6.5x11cm frames
Lens Goerz Frontar, three diaphragm settings: f/11, f/16, and f/22
Three distance settings: 2-4 m, 4-10m, 10m-inf
The adjustment of the distance is done by the moving of lenses inside the camera

Baby Box Tengor 1930 image by John Nuttal (Image rights)

Baby Box Tengor 1934-38 image by bottledog (Image rights)

1930-38
This type is also known as Baby Box Tengor and it was offered with two styles, plain leather front and metal front plate
On all models except the earliest, the shutter won't work unless wire front sight is lifted

Baby Box Tengor 54/18E 1930-34 image by Klara Keler (Image rights)

Type 55/2 late version image by Peter Oort (Image rights)

1938-50
Same as the 54/2 1938 but serrated round winding knob with leatherette center, black front trim
Double exposure interlock on the winding knob

Type 56/2 image by Alfred Sigaro (Image rights)