I never cease to be amazed

[oftheherd]

That's a nice looker there Chippy. Mine look a little more scuffed.

My reason for three is pretty much a conbination of what you said. I had three; the first was more of a fixer than I planned. The shutter was stuck and the linkage was messsed up. The next two were nicer and users. I just got another as I have long wanted an f/2 and now I have it. I don't think I will be buying any more. I only got the f/2 as it was an f/2 and a good price.

You did hit the nail on the head in that I didn't have voluptuous sidekicks. No such luck. But I did manage to pick up a nice wife along the way som 30 years ago, and that is better. But we did use the forensics like CSI and that became a specialty about my last ten years.

My Welti and my main Weltini get a lot of use. They aren't the only things I use, but one of them is usually close at hand.

 

[FallisPhoto]

i have to agree, i always find it just amazing how competent, useful and fun they are to use,...really!. it takes a bit to drag me away from a rangefinder model, but once i have, i always enjoy a day out with the welti.. if you dont like scale focusing all the time you can just set it to hyperfocal distance scale and shoot. sometimes its just good fun to get back to bare basic photography! although not ness here on RFF, but just how many people would buy a leica and only use or have a 50mm lens. the Welti was designed for candid photography -to a budget-but with excellent lens and qualatiy. it must of been a cherished tool by the people back in those days.

no doubt oftheherd you have seen a mixture of some candid, thoughtful and happy memories from your fathers Welti

Yeah, if you've ever tried a Welti, any other folding scale focusing camera is going to be a disappointment.

 

[chippy]

That's a nice looker there Chippy. Mine look a little more scuffed.

My reason for three is pretty much a conbination of what you said. I had three; the first was more of a fixer than I planned. The shutter was stuck and the linkage was messsed up. The next two were nicer and users. I just got another as I have long wanted an f/2 and now I have it. I don't think I will be buying any more. I only got the f/2 as it was an f/2 and a good price.

You did hit the nail on the head in that I didn't have voluptuous sidekicks. No such luck. But I did manage to pick up a nice wife along the way som 30 years ago, and that is better. But we did use the forensics like CSI and that became a specialty about my last ten years.

My Welti and my main Weltini get a lot of use. They aren't the only things I use, but one of them is usually close at hand.

the f2 xenon really is the choice lens imo (and the more expensive option in the day), which is saying something considering the other choices were Elmar (which is the scarcer one to find now) Tessar, xenar. The Xenon is probably comparable to the Leitz Summar.

there have been a few weltini's with xenon available just lately on the bay hey! sometimes one wont show up for months on end and then like this recently there were a whole series to be had.

even the Welti was available with the Xenon pre-war ,i have a 37-38 welti with one which seems fairly uncommon although many advertisments have one pictured. i also have the very first Welti (usually said to have been introduced early 1935 but i have two that are made earlier) with a Xenon f2 as well, which i think is kinda special considering the main competition back then was the new/first kodak retina 117 which is of course an excellent camera as well but it was not available with this type of lens.

Definately! finding a lovely wife along the way is way better

 

[oftheherd]

Well, I am sure looking forward to getting it and trying it out. An f/2 in one of those old folders is neat to think about, and RF too. Subways here I come!

Now what do I do with 4 Weltinis, 3 of which work well?

 

[FallisPhoto]

Well, I am sure looking forward to getting it and trying it out. An f/2 in one of those old folders is neat to think about, and RF too. Subways here I come!

Now what do I do with 4 Weltinis, 3 of which work well?

Well, if you want to give one away, even the one that doesn't work well, I'll take it. It will work well when I get done with it.

 

[oftheherd]

Well, if you want to give one away, even the one that doesn't work well, I'll take it. It will work well when I get done with it.

At least I would know it would be a working camera in a loving home.

However, I still fancy trying to get things back to working order myself. Someday. I may have to retire to have time. 11 hour days don't help my photo hobby.