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|image_text= Baldessa, c.1964<br>Isco-Göttingen Color-Isconar,<br>45mm/2.8 in [[Prontor]] 125 shutter | |image_text= Baldessa, c.1964<br>Isco-Göttingen Color-Isconar,<br>45mm/2.8 in [[Prontor]] 125 shutter | ||
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The '''Baldessa''' is a range of comparatively cheaply-made [[35mm]] [[viewfinder camera|viewfinder]] and [[rangefinder camera]]s produced by [[Balda]] in Germany from c.1957 to the late 1960s<ref>{{McKeown}}, pp.96-7</ref>. They have an unusual folding [[film advance]] key in the base - requiring a 180° turn, along with a flip-out rewind crank. On the simpler models, this along with the front-mounted shutter release and the frame counter to the left of the viewfinder [[ocular]] leaves the top plate empty except for the accessory shoe. | The '''Baldessa''' is a range of comparatively cheaply-made [[35mm]] [[viewfinder camera|viewfinder]] and [[rangefinder camera]]s produced by [[Balda]] in Germany from c.1957 to the late 1960s<ref>{{McKeown}}, pp.96-7</ref>. They have an unusual folding [[film advance]] key in the base - requiring a 180° turn, along with a flip-out rewind crank. On the simpler models, this along with the front-mounted shutter release and the frame counter to the left of the viewfinder [[ocular]] leaves the top plate empty except for the accessory shoe. | ||
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Baldessa, c.1964 Isco-Göttingen Color-Isconar, 45mm/2.8 in Prontor 125 shutter |
Baldessa
The Baldessa is a range of comparatively cheaply-made 35mm viewfinder and rangefinder cameras produced by Balda in Germany from c.1957 to the late 1960s[1]. They have an unusual folding film advance key in the base - requiring a 180° turn, along with a flip-out rewind crank. On the simpler models, this along with the front-mounted shutter release and the frame counter to the left of the viewfinder ocular leaves the top plate empty except for the accessory shoe.
Baldessa base, showing winder (unfolded) and rewind crank |
Baldessa I
The Baldessa I has a Baldanar 45mm/f2.8 lens in a 3-speed Vario shutter.
Baldessa 1a
Baldessa 1b
Baldessa 1B, c.1958 |
The Baldessa 1B has an added uncoupled selenium light meter and coupled rangefinder.
Baldessa 1B base winder stowed;film reminder around tripod bush |
Sources
- Baldessa I on shutterbug.net
- Baldessa manual at Mike Butkus' site
- Video closeups of a Baldessa by Izzy & Ipsy
- Balda cameras including several Baldessas on Sylvain Halgand's Collection d'Appareils Photo Anciens
- Balda cameras at Collection G.Even