Originally, the range Cupido is created by the
company Huttig which merges with
Wunsche, Krugner
and
Carl Zeiss Palmos
in order to create
the company Ica A.G.
From 1920 to 1926, date when it merges this time with
Contessa-Nettel, Ernemann and
Goerz to create the company Zeiss Ikon, the company Ica A.G is
very active. Its catalogue lists about forty models, declined in a
variety of configurations.
The Cupido 75 model is produced from
1922 to 1926 by Ica A.G.
It is equipped with a
shutter Compur (T, B, 1s, 1/2s, 1/5s, 1/10s, 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/100s,
1/250s) having the number 258646.
Its lens is an Ica Novar
Anastigmat 1:6,8 f=105mm (the one I have has the number 514942). It can
be possible to find configurations with lenses
Heka Anastigmat
f:6.8 or
Carl Zeiss Tessar
f:4.5
It uses glass plate
format 6x9 mounted on a sheet metal.
Adjustment of the
distance to the objective is done by rotating a lever located onto the
front door of the camera. This lever acts on the shutter tray, moving it
in its rails. The corresponding distance can be read on a distance scale
labelled : 2, 3, 4,6, 12m, infinite.
It is also possible to vertically thrown-off the lens by turning a
knob located on the up-right of the shutter.
The framing can be done
following two processes :
