rogerp Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I was recently asked to identify this camera can you help please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canfred Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hi Roger , sorry the photo is not clear. The shutter is Fritz Deckel Compur sets it around 1930 Manfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerp Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 Thanks, sorry the photos not good the owner did send me another ..<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin carron Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 As said above the photo is not clear enough to see all the detail. The lens seems to be a Meyer Trioplan which was a reasonable medium quality lens that was fitted by several German camera makers in the 1930's. In general these lenses work well up to the f3.5 versions but the faster ones get a bit soft. The camera has the style of some cameras by Balda, Certo or Welta etc and might be a unbadged version of one of their cameras. Or it may be the product of a small camera works making anonymous cameras to the order of a large retailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin carron Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 The back view shows a 'BW' so it may be a Balda (Balda-Werk). Habe a lok here to see if it matches anything. http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Super_Baldax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerp Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 Thanks all. I've managed to pin in down to being most likely a Balda Baldaxette I from 1936. Regards, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winfried_buechsenschuetz1 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Yes, it very probably is a Balda. Some of their 6x6/6x4.5/6.5x4 folding cameras had a bottom winding button. Also, the strut mechanism looks "Balda-like" (btw in many cases you can tell the manufacturer by the strut mechanism, very few folding mechanisms looked alike). Balda probably was the king of re-branding cameras... and supplying their cameras in many different versions, sometimes even different name versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerp Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 Sort of an early Cosina :) Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal_shields Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Usually they are lost but these cameras had masks that went inside to change the format. That is why you have different film windows so you could wind the film different distances depending on the format chosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winfried_buechsenschuetz1 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 The last statement holds true for most 120 film cameras. This seems to be a camera built for 127 film and 3x4 format. Since the 127 film does not have numbers for 3x4 on the backing paper, depending on the picture number you have to use the different windows. That's why one window is marked "1 3 5 7" and the other one "2 4 6 8". The numbers must show up in the windows marked with the pic number for proper spacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_wilson4 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 That is a very attractive find. I have a no-name "Zeh Goldi"-like camera of approximately the same era and format, but I like the idea of that Balda better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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