Welti

Germany before World War II, brand Welta, material metal, cm closed 12x4,5x8 open 12x9x8

Folding analog camera.
Model: Welti
Brand: Welta
Serial number: 3314
Lens: Trioplan Meyer Optik 1:2.9 F50mm, serial number 1157338
Shutter: Cludor with speeds from 1 to 1/200s + B.
With original leather case, with a seam on the side.
Good condition: missing flash shoe, non-functioning viewfinder lever, signs of aging.

Welta was a German camera maker based in Freital near Dresden. It was founded by Walter Waurich and Theodor Weber in 1914 as Weeka-Kamera-Werk and became Welta-Kamera-Werk in 1919. It made a number of medium-priced folders before World War II, and its camera production was quite comparable to Balda and Certo. It also introduced two folding TLRs, the 6×6 Perfekta and the 6×9 Superfekta, which did not sell too well.
After the war, Welta continued production as a state company (VEB Welta-Kamera-Werk), with a range evolved from the prewar models. It absorbed Kamera-Werk Tharandt (the former Richter) in 1950. It became a part of the large VEB Kamera- und Kinowerk Dresden in 1959, a state owned conglomerate of East-German cameramakers that was to become VEB Pentacon in 1964.

PH-06-0003 - available