Balda Baldessa

The Baldessa was a series of 35 mm film cameras produced in West Germany by Balda in the 1950s and 1960s. The first model debuted in 1957 with a fixed lens, although there was a choice between a four element and three element variety. The Baldessas had an unusual control layout: the film wind-on was located under the camera, so that the only control on the top with the first model was the shutter release.
Later models, such as the Baldessa 1b, introduced a coupled rangefinder and inbuilt selenium light meter.