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Altissa Kamerawerk in Dresden built the 'Altix n' in 1958 as a successor to the Altix V to a completely new design. The 'Altix-n' became a somewhat larger camera than the Altix V, but got a sleeker and more modern camera housing and was also immediately equipped with a fast-transport lever that simultaneously tightens the shutter. The main improvement of the 'Altix-n' compared to its predecessor is a newly designed film cover, which makes inserting the 35 mm film a lot easier and hassle with film loading in the very cumbersome Leica way a thing of the past. The own Altix bayonet has remained, so that the interchangeable lenses for the 'Altix-V' can also be used on this 'Altix-n' (and vice versa). But certainly not everything has been improved on the 'Altix-n', the image counter under the fast transport lever has to be moved 'manually' one frame further after each shot, very inconvenient! The new price of the Altix n in this version - with Tessar 2.8 / 50 and Tempor shutter - was DM 290 in 1956.
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