K.W. Patent-Etui with roll film holder

            My father bought this model in 1959 in Israel, and with this we took all our pictures in that period. I did a lot of flower photography in B&W with this equipment (on a tripod I fabricated from water pipes).  I bought this particular camera recently for the sake of nostalgia. 

This camera was the most compact in its class in Germany (in the category of folding cameras for sheet films 6.5x9 cm). This camera could easily be slipped into a pocket when closed (and sheet film holders could be kept in the other pocket). Though in our family we used the roll-film holder, which was made by another company, and which made photography much easier as you needed only to turn a knob for the next picture. And film developing was also easier, as the entire roll was developed at the same time, and in a daylight tank, which allowed one to pour liquids in and out with the lights on. Sheet film required hand-developing in trays, in total darkness.

 K.W. stood for Kamera Werkstätten (Camera Works). One of the best German camera makers of the period (ca. 1930-1950).
The new generations of today of course have no idea about these things from photography's past, except the few who take a special interest in these things.

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