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Re: Balda Super Baldina - Anyone work on one?
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:43 pm
by scott
Geez, remember the good ol' days when you could snipe an auction and all that the camera needed was some Windex and some Ronsonol on the escapement? eBay is the wild west these days...
Re: Balda Super Baldina - Anyone work on one?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:39 am
by titrisol
Is that like a super-Jsolette?
scott wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:33 pm
Speedex Special R
Re: Balda Super Baldina - Anyone work on one?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:29 pm
by scott
It’s an Ansco-branded Isolette III with uncoupled rangefinder. They’re klunky in use, as the rangefinder and viewfinder are separate, but it will be fun to fix and I’d like to take it to the boardwalk come summer. It’ll need new bellows, as do all Agfa/Ansco 6x6 folders (shy of the Supers) but there are a few sources these days. I’m looking forward to bright red bellows on this, assuming the camera’s not complete junk.
Due here by Saturday. I think the Super Memar is due early next week...
Re: Balda Super Baldina - Anyone work on one?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:31 pm
by titrisol
AWESOME!! Uncoupled rangefinder is the norm for me (but I use accessory ones)