Difference between revisions of "Baldaxette"
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The lenses available on the Baldaxette included: | The lenses available on the Baldaxette included: | ||
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* [[Meyer]] Trioplan 7.5cm f/2.9 | * [[Meyer]] Trioplan 7.5cm f/2.9 | ||
* [[Schneider]] Radionar 7.5cm f/2.9 | * [[Schneider]] Radionar 7.5cm f/2.9 | ||
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* Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 8cm f/2.8 | * Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 8cm f/2.8 | ||
| − | All were available with the Compur OS shutter to 1/250s, and could be optionnally fitted with the Compur-Rapid shutter to 1/400s. | + | All were available with the Compur OS shutter<br/> |
| + | to 1/250s, and could be optionnally fitted with<br/> | ||
| + | the Compur-Rapid shutter to 1/400s. | ||
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Revision as of 20:19, 15 July 2006
The Baldaxettes were coupled rangefinder folding cameras launched by the German company Balda in the mid-1930ies.
The Baldaxette I (1936) was the 4.5x6 version and the Baldaxette II (1937) was the 6x6 version. Both were nearly identical except the film format. They were based on the Baldax body for #0 shutter size. The Baldaxette were first sold in black and later in chrome, with the coupled rangefinder and the viewfinder in separate windows under a long top housing. Styling of the later chrome version was very similar to the bigger 6x9 model Super Pontura.
Baldaxette II
The lenses available on the Baldaxette included:
- Meyer Trioplan 7.5cm f/2.9
- Schneider Radionar 7.5cm f/2.9
- Schneider Xenar 7.5cm f/2.8
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 8cm f/3.5
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 8cm f/2.8
All were available with the Compur OS shutter
to 1/250s, and could be optionnally fitted with
the Compur-Rapid shutter to 1/400s.
