VEB Zeiss Ikon Hexacon
The Zeiss Ikon Hexacon is a rebranded Contax D 35mm SLR camera. It was made post-WWII by Zeiss Ikon VEB Dresden and then rebranded the Hexacon for the Peerless Camera company in New York. As a Contax D, it is noteworthy for being one of the earliest models of 35mm SLR to have a pentaprism. The camera uses the M42 threaded lens mount, later made popular by Pentax. Otherwise its controls are pretty simple, especially compared to modern cameras.
The Hexacon uses a cloth, focal plane shutter that has shutter speeds ranging from 1 second up to 1/1000th. Aperture is set manually on the lens itself, but the camera predates automatic aperture diaphragms that closed down at the moment of exposure, meaning this camera uses preset apertures that stop down as they are set. The Hexacon also lacks an instant return mirror.
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