Balda Scale Focus Camera Archives

9 June, 2025

Balda CA 35 – A Fantastic little camera shot with Kodak Eastman Double X 5222

By Ibraar Hussain

Having been drooling over Hamish’s article on the Minolta TC-1 and full of fond memories of a black Contax TVS III I used to have, being the best of the Contax T series I&...

23 January, 2019

Balda Baldessa 1b – a mini-review – By Cameradactyl (Ethan)

By cameradactyl

I love cameras, big and small. I build a bunch of pretty large ones at cameradactyl.com. But when I go out lugging a 4x5 or 8x10 I also like to take along a tiny camera in my ba...

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Curtis Heikkinen on 5 Frames to Overcome My Fear of Flying (With Film)
Nice article and images, Gordon! I have had no problem getting hand checks on film here in Portland, Oregon. We…
Ibraar Hussain on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
I really enjoyed this article Bob! Such a sweet looking camera and you've used it to capture timeless looking photos,…
Curtis Heikkinen on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
Nice piece, Bob! Very well done and interesting images!

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