Difference between revisions of "Super Pontura"

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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.
 
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.
 
The lenses offered for the Super Pontura included:
 
The lenses offered for the Super Pontura included:
* Meyer Trioplan 10.5 cm f/4.5
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* [[Meyer]] Trioplan 10.5 cm f/4.5
 
* Meyer Trioplan 10.5 cm f/3.8
 
* Meyer Trioplan 10.5 cm f/3.8
* Schneider Radionar 10.5 cm f/4.5
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* [[Schneider]] Radionar 10.5 cm f/4.5
 
* Schneider Xenar 10.5 cm f/4.5
 
* Schneider Xenar 10.5 cm f/4.5
* Zeiss Tessar 10.5 cm f/4.5
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* [[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.
 
All were available with a Compur OS shutter to 1/250, or optionally with a Compur-Rapid shutter to 1/400.
  

Revision as of 23:03, 12 March 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 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. 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.