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Balda Super Baldamatic I |
 Version française |
Photos by JPG text by JPG. From the collection of JPG. Last update 2023-11-09 par Sylvain Halgand.
Manufactured or assembled in Germany from 1961 to (After) 1961.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 10428
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Chronology of cameras Balda
The Baldessa cameras appear to be the successors to the Baldina, with the introduction of the former coinciding with the disappearance of the latter in catalogs.
The Baldessa models have a simple top cover because the film rewind crank is located under the base. There is also a key that replaces the film advance lever.
The standard lens is a 2.8/45 mm. The initial models have a rounded shape.
| Non-exhaustive list | Years | Lens | Shutter | ||
| Baldessa I |  |
1957- | Baldanar |
Prontor | Single viewfinder |
| Baldessa I |  |
1957- | Color-Westanar |
Prontor-SVS 1 to 1/300 |
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| Baldessa I |  |
1957- | Color-Baldanar |
Vario 1/25 to 1/200 |
Collimated viewfinder |
| Baldessa I |  |
Prontor-SVS 1 to 1/300 |
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| Baldessa Ia |  |
1958- | Color-Baldanar |
Prontor-SVS 1 to 1/300 |
Coupled rangefinder Automatic parallax compensation |
| Baldessa Ib |  |
1958- | Color-Westanar |
Prontor-SVS 1 to 1/300 |
Rangefinder Light meter |
| Baldessa Ib |  |
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| Baldessa RF |  |
>1961- | Color-Isconar | Prontor-SVS 1 to 1/500 |
Built-in flash Coupled rangefinder |
| Baldessa RF/LK |  |
>1961- | Color-Isconar | Prontor 500 LK 1 to 1/500 |
Built-in flash Coupled rangefinder Posemètre |
| Baldessamat F |  |
>1961- | Color-Isconar | Prontor 500 LK 1 to 1/500 |
Built-in flash Lightmeter Collimated viewfinder |
| Baldamatic |  |
1960- | Color-Baldanar | Prontormat | Coupled light meter |
| Super Baldamatic |  |
1960 | Color-Baldanar | Compur 1/30 to 1/500 |
Coupled light meter |
| Baldamatic I |  |
1958- | Color-Westanar | Prontor-SLK | Coupled light meter Coupled rangefinder |
| Baldamatic I | 1958- | Enna-Color-Haponit | Synchro-Compur | ||
| Baldamatic I | 1958- | Baldanar | Prontormat | ||
| Super Baldamatic I |  |
1960- | Color-Baldanar | Compur 1/30 to 1/500 |
Coupled rangefinder light meter |
| Super Baldamatic I | 1960- | Xenar | |||
| Baldamatic II |  |
1960- | Xenar | Pronto-LK | Coupled light meter Coupled rangefinder |
| Baldamatic II |  |
1960- | Color-Baldanar | Prontormat | |
| Baldamatic II |  |
Pronto-LK | |||
| Baldamatic III |  |
1960- | - | Synchro-Compur 1 to 1/500 | Coupled light meter Coupled rangefinder Interchangeable lens |
From the mid-1960s onward, the shape of the cameras changed, becoming more angular. The cameras became lighter due to the use of aluminum and plastic. Some models even appear to stem from outsourced manufacturing.
| Non-exhaustive list | Years | Lens | Shutter | ||
| Baldessa Standard |  |
c. 1972 | Color-Isconar | Prontor 125 | Collimated viewfinder |
| Baldessa F |  |
c. 1966 | Color-Isconar | Prontor 125 | Built-in flash Collimated viewfinder |
| Baldessa LF |  |
c.1966-72 | Color-Isconar | Prontor 125 | Built-in flash Posemètre Collimated viewfinder |
| Baldessa LF |  |
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| Baldessa F-LK |  |
c. 1968 | Color-Isconar | Prontor 300 LK | Built-in flash Coupled light meter |
In the coding used by Balda, the letters have a meaning.
| R | Presence of a rangefinder |
| F | Presence of a flash for AG-1 bulb |
| L | Presence of a light meter (Lichtmeter) |
| K | Specifies that the light meter is coupled |
A patent filed in 1958 fairly illustrates the internal complexity of a camera resembling the Baldamatic Ib.
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This model is a "true" Balda... It has everything! The rounded shapes, the film advance lever, and the rewind crank under the base, not to mention the film reminder used in the same location.
It resembles the Baldamatic III but does not have interchangeable lenses.
It features a coupled selenium cell and can be used in automatic speed-priority mode or in manual mode.
Its viewfinder is collimated with automatic parallax correction and aperture reminders in the automatic mode on the left side of the viewfinder.
It was priced at 488 francs upon its release.
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