Carl Zeiss Jena Werra I, 1958, Viewfinder Camera, PhotoMuse Collection, 2017, Donation of Dr. Unni Krishnan Pulikkal.
The Werra l is a 35mm viewfinder camera manufactured by the Carl Zeiss Jena factory which was primarily a lens-making plant. These cameras offer a high degree of control with a minimum number of levers, knobs or rings. In their simplest incarnations, the Werras featured only a shutter release button on the top plate. With…