Balda Baldinette |
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Manufactured or assembled in Germany from (Circa) 1950 to (Circa) 1955.
Index of rarity in France: Infrequent (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 7352
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Chronology of cameras Balda
From the 1930s onward, Balda manufactured folding cameras using 35mm film. Due to their features, they competed with the early Kodak Retina cameras.
These are compact vertical cameras, with bellows forming a triangle with the folding door and the main body. The initial models were called Baldina (1935), followed by Jubilette (1938), a series released to commemorate the company's 30th anniversary. The war halted production.
Production resumed only in 1950, in the new Federal Republic of Germany, after Max Baldeweg fled from the German Democratic Republic and the communist regime. The new models are a continuation of pre-war designs with different names. The Baldalette and Baldini are very similar to the Jubilette. One of the differences is the relocation of the shutter release on the camera body. The Baldalette was quickly replaced by the Baldinette. The latter comes in variations such as Mess-Baldinette when equipped with a rangefinder and Super-Baldinette when featuring a coupled rangefinder.
The Rigona is a simplified version of the Baldinette. As it is a late model, it is conceivable that it was intended to deplete existing stock.
Baldina (1935) | Jubilette (1938) | Baldalette (1950) Shutter release on body |
Baldini (1950) No top hood |
Baldini (1951) Half top hood |
Rigona (1954) |
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Super Baldina (1936) Rangefinder |
Baldinette (1950) Full top hood |
Super-Baldinette (c. 1952) Coupled rangefinder |
Mess-Baldinette (1953) Rangefinder |
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The following 35mm models are no longer folding cameras. __________
Folding 24 x 36 cameras are not very common. It must be said that the space-saving advantage is significantly less than the increase in mechanical complexity due to the folding system. Soon, manufacturers stopped copying systems derived from the classic 6 x 9 formats and began offering rigid cameras that were hardly bulkier but much simpler and sturdier.
The Baldinette can be found with six different lenses (Baldanar 3.5, Radionar 3.5, Westar 3.5, Baltar 2.9, Radionar 2.9, and Cassar 2.8) mounted on shutters such as Prontor-S, Prontor-SV, Compur-Rapid, or Synchro-Compur.
![Balda Baldinette](../../balda/images/Balda_Baldinette_bis.jpg )
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