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The '''Super Pontura''' was the top of the range of medium format folders made by [[Balda]] in Dresden, Germany, before World War II.
 
The '''Super Pontura''' was the top of the range of medium format folders made by [[Balda]] in Dresden, Germany, before World War II.
  
It was a 6x9 folding camera with a coupled rangefinder and a very sleek design. The rangefinder and the viewfinder had separate windows under a long chrome top housing. Styling was similar to the chrome version of the [[Baldaxette]], a smaller 6x6 or 4.5x6 model of the same period.
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It was a 6×9 folding camera with a coupled rangefinder and a very sleek design. The rangefinder and the viewfinder — with automatic parallax compensation, very rare for the time — had separate windows under a long chrome top housing. Styling was similar to the chrome version of the [[Baldaxette]], a smaller 6×6 or 4.5×6 model of the same period.
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The lenses offered for the Super Pontura included:
 
The lenses offered for the Super Pontura included:
 
* [[Meyer]] Trioplan 10.5 cm f/4.5
 
* [[Meyer]] Trioplan 10.5 cm f/4.5
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* Schneider Xenar 10.5 cm f/4.5
 
* Schneider Xenar 10.5 cm f/4.5
 
* [[Carl Zeiss Jena]] Tessar 10.5 cm f/4.5
 
* [[Carl Zeiss Jena]] Tessar 10.5 cm f/4.5
All were available with a Compur OS shutter to 1/250, or optionally with a Compur-Rapid shutter to 1/400.
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All were available with a [[Compur]] OS shutter to 1/250, or optionally with a Compur-Rapid shutter to 1/400.
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==External link==
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*[http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/pontur_e.htm Balda Super Pontura] at [http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/index_e.html the Classic Camera]
  
 
[[Category: 6x9 rangefinder folding]]
 
[[Category: 6x9 rangefinder folding]]

Revision as of 00:40, 23 September 2006

The Super Pontura was the top of the range of medium format folders made by Balda in Dresden, Germany, before World War II.

It was a 6×9 folding camera with a coupled rangefinder and a very sleek design. The rangefinder and the viewfinder — with automatic parallax compensation, very rare for the time — had separate windows under a long chrome top housing. Styling was similar to the chrome version of the Baldaxette, a smaller 6×6 or 4.5×6 model of the same period.

The lenses offered for the Super Pontura included:

  • Meyer Trioplan 10.5 cm f/4.5
  • Meyer Trioplan 10.5 cm f/3.8
  • Schneider Radionar 10.5 cm f/4.5
  • Schneider Xenar 10.5 cm f/4.5
  • Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 10.5 cm f/4.5

All were available with a Compur OS shutter to 1/250, or optionally with a Compur-Rapid shutter to 1/400.

External link