Goldi

Zeh Goldi image by David Yamasaki (Image rights)

The Goldi is a folding camera taking 3×4cm pictures on 127 film, that was made by the German company Zeh from 1932 onwards. It has a folding bed and the lens and shutter assembly is mounted on a metal plate attached to the body by scissor struts. It also has a folding optical finder. It was available with:

• Zecanar f/2.9 5cm in Prontor II shutter
• Zecanar f/2.9 5cm in Compur-Rapid shutter.
• Schneider Radionar f/2.9 5cm in Compur-Rapid.

Zeh made the same camera as OEM product for other companies, for example as Ysella for Rodenstock.

There is a Japanese copy of the Goldi, called the Baby Rosen, made by the company Proud. The same company sold a modified version in 4×4 format, called the Rosen Four, that was also sold by Riken as the Adler Four.

Rodenstock Ysella" image by Heywood Industries (Image rights)

Zeca Goldi image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

with Zecanar Anastigmat 5cm f/2.9 image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

in Prontor II shutter image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

Links

In English:

• Zeh Goldi at senorton's Flickr page
• Rodenstock Ysella at OneToSeven
• Zeh Goldi price guide at Collectiblend

In Japanese:

• Zeh Goldi and Rodenstock Coloprint in a page of the AJCC website

In French:

• Zeh Goldy on www.collection-appareils.com by Sylvain Halgand