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Vest Pocket Tenax (1909-1929)

To those thinking that the invention in 1888 of the photographic film may have induced the miniaturization of the cameras, the Vest Pocket Tenax provides an evident counter example.

This camera, even if not using a roll film but 4.5 x 6 cm glass plates, is smaller than a Vest Pocket Kodak. Thus, it will be present also in the pocket of the German soldiers during the WW1.

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It was produced by the Berliner firm Goerz. The first models were produced starting 1909, only at a format of 4,5 x 6 cm. Thay were equipped with a non-standard shutter and lenses Dagor or Syntor, both with an aperture of f/6,8.
 

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In 1911, a new shutter is introduced in replacement of the original one. The range of proposed lenses is enriched with the Celor with an aperture of f/4,8. The camera is now also available in the formats 6,5 x 9 cm and 45 x 107 mm stereo.
 

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A the end of its carrier in 1929, the Vest Pocket Tenax is equipped of a Compur shutter.

Format 4,5 x 6 cm 6,6 x 9 cm 45 x 107 mm stéréo
Launched in 1909 1911 1911
Lenses

Dagor f/6,8   (1909-1929)
Syntor f/6,8   (1909-1924)
Dogmar f/3,5 (1924-1929)
Celor f/4,8     (1911-1913)
Dogmar f/4,5  (1913-1929)

Dagor f/6,8   (1911-1929)
Syntor f/6,8   (1911-1924)
Celor f/4,8     (1911-1913)
Dogmar f/4,5  (1913-1929)

Dagor f/6,8   (1911-1929)
Syntor f/6,8   (1911-1924)
Celor f/4,8     (1911-1913)
Dogmar f/4,5  (1913-1929)
Shutters Non standard Standard Compur

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