Paulo J Moreira
Welta Welti I
Another relic from the cold war. Welta was a well respected German manufacturer that came up with some smart camera designs befor the war, like the Perfekta or even the the Welti with a f2 lens, the very first 35 mm compact camera to offer it, before the Kodak Retina.
Speaking of Retina, it's quite clear that these cameras were aimed at the Retinas, features, price, build, everything was nearly identical. Sadly the war came and Welta was in the other side, with no one to rescue it form the communists. They began producing a slightly revised version of the prewar Welti with Zeiss Jena lenses but the build quality remained quite the same.
The camera feels very sturdy, the bellow's struts are as rigid as it gets and the lens focus as a unit, not by the front element like in some cheap rivals (Contina!).
This one came with a Zeiss Jena Tessar T 50/3.5 and the famous tilting viewfinder that corrects parallax at normal and infinity focus. Quite redundant really as it is so small, one can hardly see a thing, much less see any difference in framing!
Welta Welti I
Another relic from the cold war. Welta was a well respected German manufacturer that came up with some smart camera designs befor the war, like the Perfekta or even the the Welti with a f2 lens, the very first 35 mm compact camera to offer it, before the Kodak Retina.
Speaking of Retina, it's quite clear that these cameras were aimed at the Retinas, features, price, build, everything was nearly identical. Sadly the war came and Welta was in the other side, with no one to rescue it form the communists. They began producing a slightly revised version of the prewar Welti with Zeiss Jena lenses but the build quality remained quite the same.
The camera feels very sturdy, the bellow's struts are as rigid as it gets and the lens focus as a unit, not by the front element like in some cheap rivals (Contina!).
This one came with a Zeiss Jena Tessar T 50/3.5 and the famous tilting viewfinder that corrects parallax at normal and infinity focus. Quite redundant really as it is so small, one can hardly see a thing, much less see any difference in framing!