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Zeiss Ikon Tenax Automatic

The last camera to bear the Tenax name was the Tenax Automatic of 1960. It is a full frame 35mm camera, with automatic exposure provided by a selenium meter. It does not have a rangefinder, and has a 50/2.8 Tessar in Prontormat-S shutter. The Zeiss catalog number was 10.0651, and it was initially priced at $108. It was discontinued in 1963.


The Tenax Automatic.