The wood grain motif was commonly used in electronic products or cars in the 60-70′s. I was never really attracted to classic station wagons with faux wood panels, but as soon as I saw this image on a tumblr page, I had a change of heart. The “Zeiss Ikon” camera was a little hard to find for me but I finally got one.

“Ikomatic is a series of compact, point & shot cameras from Zeiss Ikon (manufactured by Bilora), that is easy to carry around and with simple control.” The camera was made in 1964 and the body was produced in 2 finishes, either black leather that can be seen a lot on ebay or wood grain that uses laminated synthetic materials. I don’t consider myself a vintage camera collector but they look great on the shelf next to my polaroid sx-70.