This is a Welta Belmira, a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by VEB Welta-Kamera-Werk between the years 1956 and 1961. Although credited as a Welta camera, the Belmira was originally designed by Belca-Werk in Dresden, Germany as early as 1951, but didn’t get released until five years later. The Belmira was…
This is a Welta Superfekta, a folding Twin Lens Reflex camera built by Welta Kamerawerke in Freital, Germany starting in 1935. The Superfekta was an upgraded model of the earlier Perfekta, offering larger 6cm x 9cm exposures using a rotating film back capable of both landscape and portrait oriented photos…
This is a Welta Weltini II, a 35mm folding rangefinder camera made by Welta Kamerawerke in Freital, Germany between the years 1938 and 1941. The Weltini II is similar to the Weltini I with a different top plate and cosmetics but is otherwise the same. Both cameras were rangefinder equipped…
This is a Watson 35mm scale focus folding pocket camera made by Welta-Kamera-Werk based out of Freital, Germany. The Watson was an export variant of the Welta Welti which is a very similar camera. Although the Welti/Watson line of cameras were not high end, they were not low end either.…
