German TLR ( ) | |
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35 mm | Contaflex | Agfa Flexilette | Optima Reflex |
3×4 | Pilot Reflex |
4×4 | Baby Rolleiflex (1931) | Baby Rolleiflex (1957) |
6×6 | Altiflex | Amplion Reflex | Brillant | Flektar | Flexo | Flexora | Flexora II | Flexora III | Foth-Flex | Ikoflex Ic | Ikoflex Ia Ikoflex Favorit | Mentorett | Montiflex | Peerflekta | Perfekta | Photina Reflex | Plascaflex | Plascaflex PS 35 | Plascaflex V 45 | Reflecta | Reflekta | Reflekta II | Rica Flex | Rocca Automatic | Rocca Super Reflex | Rolleiflex | Rolleicord | Rollop | Superb | Superflex | Trumpfreflex | Vitaflex | Weltaflex | Wirgin Reflex |
6×9 | Superfekta |
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image by Raúl Sá Dantas |
There is also a Bakelite Perfekta 6x6 viewfinder camera made by VEB Rheinmetall.
The Perfekta TLR was made by Welta in 1934. It was the successor of the Superfekta. It has a peculiar folding design to make it fit into a vest pocket. It takes twelve 6×6 pictures on 120 film. Folding TLRs were a great innovation, but proved to be a dead end in camera development. This was because they're rather expensive to produce and the bulky viewfinder will not fold with the rest of the camera.
Specifications[]
The Perfekta is found with a pair Meyer Trioplan 75/3.5, Xenar or Tessar 75/3.8 lenses. The shutter is a Compur B, 1 to 1/300s, or a Compur Rapid with speeds 1-1/500sec. plu B and T mode. Despite of its folding design it has TLR specific parts like the big waist level finder with ground glass. It has also an exposure counter.
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image by Raúl Sá Dantas |
Links[]
In English:
- Perfekta at Barry Toogood's www.tlr-cameras.com
- Perfekta Photo on Flickr by ulfcytel
- Welta Perfekta at Classic Cameras by RaúlM.
In Japanese:
In French and English:
- Welta Perfekta on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand