page_title: Balda Baldessa
hierarchical_section_title: Balda Baldessa
caption_attribution_description: English: A Baldessa 1b 35mm camera from Balda, with film for scale. The Baldessa 1b had an uncoupled but built-in selenium light meter with a coupled rangefinder
context_page_description: The Baldessa was a series of 35 mm film cameras produced in West Germany by Balda in the 1950s and 1960s. The first model, debuted in 1957 with a fixed lens, although there was a choice between a four element and three element variety. The Baldessas had an unusual control layout: the film wind-on was located under the camera, so that the only control on the top with the first model was the shutter release.
  Later models, such as the Baldessa 1b, introduced a coupled rangefinder and inbuilt selenium light meter.
context_section_description: The Baldessa was a series of 35 mm film cameras produced in West Germany by Balda in the 1950s and 1960s. The first model, (the Baldessa or Baldessa 1), debuted in 1957 with a fixed lens, although there was a choice between a four element and three element variety. The Baldessas had an unusual control layout: the film wind-on was located under the camera, so that the only control on the top with the first model was the shutter release (although this was changed with later models, where the shutter release was moved to be alongside the lens, making way for other changes).
  Later models, such as the Baldessa 1b, introduced a coupled rangefinder and inbuilt selenium light meter.
caption: Balda Baldessa 1b. Introduced in 1958, the 1b model had a coupled rangefinder and introduced an uncoupled light meter to the series.
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