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Ica Favorit (335) |
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Manufactured or assembled in Germany from (Circa) 1910 to (Circa) 1925.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 2928
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Chronology of cameras Ica
Ica AG (International Camera Aktien Gesellschaft) was established in 1909 through the merger of the companies Huttig, Krugener, Wuensche, and Carl Zeiss Palmos, with Zulauf joining in 1911.
Several years were required to finalize this merger, during which production relied on the expertise of each of the founding companies. From this period, you can find some original models, but also often copies from one or another of the previous brands bearing the name Ica, sometimes even not listed in an Ica catalog and without a specific model code.
It was from 1912 that the situation stabilized, and the various camera models began to follow a certain coherence until 1926, when Ica ceased to exist. It was absorbed, along with others, into Zeiss Ikon.
Ica offered a wide range of non-stereo view cameras, which can be classified as follows:
Cameras with a single-extension vertical bellows: Niklas, Alpha, Lola, Teddy, Corrida, Icar (Ikarus), Sirene, Volta, Victrix, and two models with automatically extending bellows upon opening: Atom and Cupido.
Cameras with double-extension vertical bellows: Delta, Hekla, Reicka, Orix, Trix, Minimal, Toska, Trona, Maximar, Nelson, and Ideal.
Cameras with horizontal bellows, exclusively in the 13 x 18 format: Ingo, Jul, and Triplex; the last two have triple extensions.
Square format cameras: Favorit, Tropica, Juwell, and Universal Palmos.
Travel cameras: Amateur, Elegant, Kosmopolit, Hochtourist, and Perfekt. Also, there are studio cameras, with the largest format being 80 x 100 cm.
Finally, there are less common early Ica cameras, such as Minimum Ideal, Superba-Reicka, Reicka-Quer, and Superba-Ideal. Additionally, there are cameras from that same period that lack identification numbers, can be found in multiple categories, and are not listed in catalogs.
Knowing its size (a little over 20 cm on each side) and weight (a little over 2 kg), one might be surprised that the format is only 10 x 15 cm.
However, this is a square camera: the back supporting the film holders can be removed to switch between portrait and landscape orientations without needing to rotate the entire camera by 90°.
Its serial number, Axxx, indicates that the camera was among the first manufactured by ICA, and the numerous nickel-plated parts on the focusing rail support plate resemble those of Hüttig cameras. Hüttig was a brand absorbed by ICA in 1909.
The shutter-optical block is attached using a bayonet system similar to that of Ica's Ideal models. Like those, in addition to traditional front shifts, a rear vertical tilt makes it a finely crafted camera. However, the back is a sliding type, unlike the Ideal's which remains a tilting type.
Lastly, one can observe the lever and toothed wheel system for vertical shift, also found on the Trix of the same 10 x 15 format.
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