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* [http://www.certo6.com/cameras/welta-weltur The Weltur page] at [http://www.certo6.com/ the Vintage Folding Cameras site certo6.com]
 
* [http://www.certo6.com/cameras/welta-weltur The Weltur page] at [http://www.certo6.com/ the Vintage Folding Cameras site certo6.com]
 
* [http://www.griffinbyteworks.com/photography/equipment/weltawelturxenar.html A Weltur 6×6] at [http://www.griffinbyteworks.com/index.html Griffin Byteworks]
 
* [http://www.griffinbyteworks.com/photography/equipment/weltawelturxenar.html A Weltur 6×6] at [http://www.griffinbyteworks.com/index.html Griffin Byteworks]
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* [http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=199209 A Weltur gallery by Jason Tay] at [http://www.photo.net/ photo.net]
 
* [http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=199209 A Weltur gallery by Jason Tay] at [http://www.photo.net/ photo.net]
 
* [http://arukucamera.net/Weltur.html Weltur 6×9] at [http://arukucamera.net/index.html Aruku Camera]
 
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The Weltur is a series of rangefinder folding cameras using 120 film, made in the 1930s by the German company Welta. The lens is unit focused, driven by a small knob at one side of the folding bed, a system which was already used in the earlier Solida model. The distance setting is visible in a small window on the interior of the folding bed. The rangefinder is coupled, and combined with the viewfinder. There is a depth of field table on the top plate, and a body release.

The Weltur first existed in a 4.5×6 version, with a black finish. Then it was released in 4.5×6, 6×6 and 6×9 versions with a chrome rangefinder, looking like the rangefinder of the first Weltini model. The 6×6 and 6×9 versions are dual format and can also take 4.5×6 pictures, with a mask inserted in the exposure chamber and another slid in front of the viewfinder. They have two red windows on the back.

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Weltur, 4.5×6cm, chrome finish, Tessar 7.5cm f/2.8 lens, Compur-Rapid shutter.
Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights)
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Welta Kamerawerk Weltur (Black) 6x4,5cm, Meyer Trioplan f2,9/7,5cm Lens, Compur shutter.
Images by yalluflex. (Image rights)


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Welta Weltur 4.5x6, black
Xenar 7.5cm f/2.8 Lens in Compur shutter
image by Hans Kerensky (Image rights)

Lens/shutter combinations:

  • Weltur 4.5×6 black:
  • Weltur 4.5×6 chrome:
    • Schneider Xenar 7.5cm f/2.8 & Compur-Rapid
  • Weltur 6×6:
    • Schneider Xenar 75/2.8 & Compur-Rapid
    • Carl Zeiss Tessar 75/2.8 & Compur
    • Carl Zeiss Tessar 75/2.8 & Compur-Rapid
  • Weltur 6×9:
    • Schneider Xenar 105/3.8 & Compur-Rapid
    • Carl Zeiss Tessar 10.5cm f/4.5 & Compur-Rapid

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

Japanese advertisement for the black 4.5×6cm model

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Catalogue by the Japanese retailer Photo News, April 1936. (Image rights)

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