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}}The '''Baldixette''' is a simple camera taking 6x6cm images on [[120 film]]. It has a collapsible lens tube, which springs out when a release button on the top plate is pressed.  It was introduced in 1956<ref>{{McKeown}}, p.99</ref> by [[Balda|Balda Bünde]] in West Germany.  There is one instantaneous shutter speed + B, and the 72mm (7.2cm) Baldar lens has two apertures, f9 & f16 set by a switch beside the lens.
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}}The '''Baldixette''' is a simple camera taking 6x6cm images on [[120 film]]. It has a collapsible lens tube, which springs out when a release button on the top plate is pressed.  It was introduced in 1956<ref>{{McKeown}}, p.99</ref> by [[Balda|Balda Bünde]] in West Germany.  There is one instantaneous shutter speed + B - with flash sync via a PC socket, and the 72mm (7.2cm) Baldar lens has two apertures, f9 & f16 set by a switch beside the lens.
  
 
There were two models; the Baldixette II added double-exposure prevention and a film counter.
 
There were two models; the Baldixette II added double-exposure prevention and a film counter.

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The Baldixette is a simple camera taking 6x6cm images on 120 film. It has a collapsible lens tube, which springs out when a release button on the top plate is pressed. It was introduced in 1956[1] by Balda Bünde in West Germany. There is one instantaneous shutter speed + B - with flash sync via a PC socket, and the 72mm (7.2cm) Baldar lens has two apertures, f9 & f16 set by a switch beside the lens.

There were two models; the Baldixette II added double-exposure prevention and a film counter.

  1. McKeown, p.99