Accessories:
There
is a quite strange looking Macro Set for the Werras which has prefix
lens for the rangefinder as well so focusing could be done as usual. The
set consists of two prefixes: the Werra Naheinstellgerat 1 for 0.8 -
0.4 meter range...
... and the "supermacro" Werra Naheinstellgerat 2 for 0.4 - 0.3 meter.
But there is an even stranger accessory, the Doppelwerra.
It's a metallic mount piece with two screws to fasten two Werras together.
But
contrary the common belief it has nothing to do with stereo photography
or any kind of 3D. (The lenses are not in the same level so it would be
impossible anyway.) The use of the Doppelwerra is to allow us to take
the same photo on two different films (usually a colour and a bw).
Here are some night shots I took with my Werra Matic having the Tessar on it:
The
light conditions were not easy as you see but the multi-coated lens
could handle them quite well. The Tessar produces good result on color
film as well.
Now some shots with the Flektogon.
The
Werra Matic is one of the tops of the 35mm camera making. It is
reliable, easy to use, offers 1/750 speed by a precision clock-like
metal leaf shutter, has interchangeable lenses, makes sharp pictures,
can handle every possible light condition, is more usable than anything
of that age, and it's small. To be like this, it has to be extremely
complex - and it is indeed. The amount of effort the design of such a
complex thing needed would have been impossible to put into a mid-priced
camera in the profit-oriented West. The Werra Matic is the proud child
of the socialist DDR where profit wasn't an issue.
Werra
is my everyday vintage camera. If I need something reliable: I take the
Werra. If I have to deal with tricky light conditions: I take the
Werra. If I would like to be sure not to miss a shot while wrestling
with the knobs and rings and pegs: I take the Werra. If it comes to
night shots or interior: guess what, I take the Werra. And it amazes me
every time.
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