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WERRA 35mm cameras were made by the 'Carl Zeiss Jena' factory in the town of Eisfeld in the v.m. GDR who released a large number of models in various variants between 1954 and 1968, some even with a coupled rangefinder and / or a Selenium light meter. Characteristic for all Werra models is the sleek minimalist architectural style and the special way of transporting film and shutter tensioning by means of a tension spring washer around the lens. Also very special is that all models were delivered as standard with a lens protection cap that, placed upside down on the lens, could serve as a lens hood. Almost all Werras with permanently attached lenses - including this 1E from 1965 - were fitted with a (now famous) Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f: 2.8 / 50 mm lens as standard. Nothing but good about that lens and the design of the camera, but it must be said that the film transport, at the time heralded as the "revolutionary ring transport", had many problems. It was special, but in fact too fragile to guarantee the long-term success of the camera. This applied not only to Werra I, but also to its followers Werra II and III.
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