Werra Camera

[heleninwales]

3/52 for the group 2026 Weekly Alphabet Challenge

This week's theme was: C is for Camera

This is my first serious camera which I got when I was about 12 years old. I suppose now you'd say it was vintage and I haven't used it for decades. It's not an SLR, neither is it just a point-and-shoot camera. It has a good lens. I had a separate light meter and it really taught me about aperture, shutter speeds and depth of field. No autofocus on this camera! I seem to remember that it was a combined birthday and Christmas present because it was more than my parents would normally spend on a single present.

The unusual name is because these cameras were made in East Germany, so it's pronounced "Verra".



The reason for such an easy subject being taken on the very last day of the week was that I'd seriously considered driving to Aberystwyth to photograph the camera obscura. But the weather was too bad and very windy to be climbing up a steep and winding path to where the camera obscura is situated.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Zeiss still make lenses. My present telephoto is a Zeiss- they always were seriously good lenses.

[heleninwales]

My dad did a lot of research before he bought one and then I had the same model probably about a year later. The quality of the lens was a big factor in his decision to get a Werra.

[soemand]

Nice glass 🤣

[heleninwales]

It was a good lens and that camera taught me a lot. Youngsters who start with auto-focus and automatic everything else have it easy. :-)