Super Baldamatic
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The Super Balda Matic is a range of 35mm cameras with shutter priority automatic exposure. They were produced by Balda in Germany, from c.1960. They have an unusual folding film advance key in the base - requiring a 180° turn, along with a spring-out rewind crank.
The wedge-shaped badge at the bottom left of the camera front may ambiguously read as Balda Super Matic on some examples. An un-numbered Super Baldamatic version was offered, without rangefinder focus—some of these lack the name badge entirely.
Sources
- Plain Super at Sylvain Halgand's Collection d'Appareils Photo Anciens (in French)
- Super Baldamatic I at Sylvain Halgand's Collection d'Appareils Photo Anciens (in French)
Links
- Balda Super Baldamatic PDF instruction manual from OrphanCameras.com
- Servo Baldamat electric winder fitted to a Super Baldamatic, advertised in the May, 1962, Popular Photography (Vol. 50, No. 5; pg. 40).