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The '''[[Welta]] Solida''' is a 6×9 folding camera released in 1933. It has a coupled rangefinder, separate from the viewfinder, in a long rectangular black box. It also has a [[brilliant finder]]. The lens is unit focused, driven by a small knob at one side of the folding bed, a system continued in the later [[Weltur]] series. The winding is by key, and there is no double exposure prevention. The Solida is dual format, having the ability to take 4.5×6 exposures with a mask inserted in the exposure chamber and a switchable mask built in the viewfinder.
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The '''[[Welta]] Solida''' is a combined 6×9cm and 6x4.5cm [[folding]] camera released in 1933. It has a [[coupled rangefinder]], separate from the telescopic reverse Galilean viewfinder, in a long rectangular black box. It also has a [[brilliant finder]] on the lens standard. The lens is focused by moving the lens panel, driven by a small knob in one side of the folding bed, thus making the camera a mixture of self-erecting [[folding]] camera and a [[folding bed camera]]. This system was continued in the later [[Weltur]] series. The winding is by key, and there is no double exposure prevention. The Solida is dual format, having the ability to take 4.5×6 exposures with a mask inserted in the exposure chamber and a switchable mask built in to the viewfinder.
  
 
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* [[Carl Zeiss Jena]] Tessar 105/4.5 & Compur-Rapid 400
 
* [[Carl Zeiss Jena]] Tessar 105/4.5 & Compur-Rapid 400
 
* [[Schneider]]-Kreuznach Radionar f:4.5 F=10.5cm & Compur-Rapid 400
 
* [[Schneider]]-Kreuznach Radionar f:4.5 F=10.5cm & Compur-Rapid 400
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* [[Steinheil]] Doppelanastigmat Unofokal 1:4,5 F=10.5 cm & Compur-Rapid
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In all cases, the [[Compur]] shutter goes to 1/250 and the [[Compur-Rapid]] to 1/400.
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|| ''Advertisement in a catalogue by the Japanese retailer [[Photo News]], April 1936. {{public domain Japan old}}''
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== Bibliography ==
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* {{McKeown12}} P.991.
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* [[Photo News|Photo News Sha]]. Catalogue of [[Welta]] cameras, dated April 1936. Document reproduced in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/albums/72157712068739968/ this Flickr album] by Rebollo_fr.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/solida_e.htm Solida] at [http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/index_e.html Cosmonet Classic Camera]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170609124206/http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/solida_e.htm Solida] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20170609131749/http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/index_e.html Cosmonet Classic Camera] (archived)
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/franka_werk/html/franka_solida_I.php Solida I] at www.collection-appareils.fr
 
  
 
[[Category: German 6x9 rangefinder folding]]
 
[[Category: German 6x9 rangefinder folding]]
[[Category: Welta]]
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[[Category:120 film]]
[[Category: S]]
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[[Category: Welta|Solida]]
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[[Category:S|Solida Welta]]
 
[[Category: 1933]]
 
[[Category: 1933]]

Latest revision as of 05:19, 7 December 2023

The Welta Solida is a combined 6×9cm and 6x4.5cm folding camera released in 1933. It has a coupled rangefinder, separate from the telescopic reverse Galilean viewfinder, in a long rectangular black box. It also has a brilliant finder on the lens standard. The lens is focused by moving the lens panel, driven by a small knob in one side of the folding bed, thus making the camera a mixture of self-erecting folding camera and a folding bed camera. This system was continued in the later Weltur series. The winding is by key, and there is no double exposure prevention. The Solida is dual format, having the ability to take 4.5×6 exposures with a mask inserted in the exposure chamber and a switchable mask built in to the viewfinder.

Known lens/shutter combinations:

In all cases, the Compur shutter goes to 1/250 and the Compur-Rapid to 1/400.


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