Weltax post-WW2 model image by Alfred Sigaro (Image rights)

Weltax is a medium format film folding camera made by Welta and introduced in 1938. Its production resumed in 1947. ^[1]

Around 1956, some Weltax cameras production was made by VEB Rheinmetall, engraved with their name on the bottom.

SpecificationsEdit

• Film: 120 roll film, picture size 6x6cm and 6x4.5cm with a mask
• Bellows is self erecting
• Winding knob: on the bottom of the camera or on the top plate ^[2]
• Lens and shutter: There are many lens/shutter combinations
  • Shutters: Tempor, Prontor-S, Compur, Junior
  • Lenses: Ludwig Meritar 75mm f/3.5, Meyer Trioplan 75mm f/3.5, Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 75mm f/3.5, or Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 7.5cm f/2.8 ^[3]
• Viewfinder: Galilean viewfinder
• Lever beside the finder: to release the finder for viewing near image subjects
• Lever on top of the finder: to adjust the frame in the viewfinder for 4.5x6cm frames
• Flash sync socket
• Body: metal

Weltax post-WW2 model image by Raúl Sá Dantas  (Image rights)

Notes and referencesEdit

1. ↑ McKeown's p.992
2. ↑ on the post-WW2 models the winding knob always on the top plate
3. ↑ Focal lenght marked as centimeter, a feature of pre-WW2 lenses

LinksEdit

• Welta Weltax in Sylvain Halgand's collection
• in camerasclassicas by Raúl Sá Dantas
• in Kamera Museum