Until the Fuji 6x7 Arrives.....New Baldax

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This thing is brand new. Just can't believe the condition. Even the slow shutter speeds work.

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FrankS said:
Beautiful! Where does one find such a camera in that condition?
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Check ebay twice every day for two years...simple. :D

Actually, my old 3 element lens mess baldix is almost as pretty. Apparently there is a secret store of like new Balda folding cameras out there and they dribble on to the market randomly.
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My experience is worse (better(?)) yet. The Fuji 6 x 7 gave me serious medium format gas and now I have a Hasselblad, a spare body, spare back and two zeiss lenses!!!

john
 
Had one almost that nice....Best Part

Had one almost that nice....Best Part

The Enna Werke lens was so sharp. The rangefinder was bright and accurate. I took quite a few very sharp and contrasty BW images with that camera before selling it. I have another now that I have to run some film through. Great cameras. Uncoupled rangefinder. The film counting mechanism works great too. Set the first frame with the ruby window and shoot the rest (6X6) without opening the window.

Somebody must be digging these out of a closet and tossing one into the market every now and then. If the one I have now is as good as the one I had before, I think I will sub it for my Perko. It's just a tad bulgier, but the rangefinder and the film counter/stop are pluses.
 
kuzano said:
The Enna Werke lens was so sharp. The rangefinder was bright and accurate. I took quite a few very sharp and contrasty BW images with that camera before selling it. I have another now that I have to run some film through. Great cameras. Uncoupled rangefinder. The film counting mechanism works great too. Set the first frame with the ruby window and shoot the rest (6X6) without opening the window.

Somebody must be digging these out of a closet and tossing one into the market every now and then. If the one I have now is as good as the one I had before, I think I will sub it for my Perko. It's just a tad bulgier, but the rangefinder and the film counter/stop are pluses.
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I'll do some test shots soon to see if the rangefinder is on.
BTW, this one has a coupled RF.

As far as age is concerned...built in the 50's is about all I can find out. So around 50 years old.
 
MickH said:
Amazing!

Please excuse the naiivete of this question...

I can see it's new, but how old is it?
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This Balda is probably dates back to Winston Churchill's second turn as minister or the first years of Anthony Eden.
 
dazedgonebye said:
Check ebay twice every day for two years...simple. :D
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Just search once, and choose the "save search" option. If something comes up, eBay will send you a notice in your email. Then use justsnipe.com to snipe it in the last 5 seconds of the auction.
 
NickTrop said:
Just search once, and choose the "save search" option. If something comes up, eBay will send you a notice in your email. Then use justsnipe.com to snipe it in the last 5 seconds of the auction.
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I can never narrow the searches down enough so I only get email for things I want. If I narrow too far, I miss all of the things that aren't well listed. If I don't narrow enough, I get so much email that it's not worth the trouble.

I use bidslammer usually, but this one came up with a reasonable buy it now price, so I just snapped it up.
 
Had one is same condition. Nice camera. I think it takes 40.5mm hood too. Or some other easy to find one. Sold it. Not because I didn't like it, but really because I didn't like the focus mechanism. Felt uncomfortable to me. But otherwise it is a very good camera, very compact, well made and fun to use. Plus I believe it has a coated lens too.
 
How do you find the ergonomics of your Super Baldax to be? Can you comfortably put your left hand through the strap and work the focus, shutter speed and aperture levers, as well as wind the film advance, without removing your hand from the strap? Or is the strap really more of a carrying handle while you're not actually shooting?
 
I'd love to see what this little camera can do! I saw one at the flea market the other day, didn't ask how much he wanted for it.. But the seller "seemed expensive".
 
kermaier said:
How do you find the ergonomics of your Super Baldax to be? Can you comfortably put your left hand through the strap and work the focus, shutter speed and aperture levers, as well as wind the film advance, without removing your hand from the strap? Or is the strap really more of a carrying handle while you're not actually shooting?
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The strap is pretty much useless. Certainly just a carry handle.

The RF was off. I've adjusted it and hope to get some more film through it soon.
 
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