Instructions for the Werramat??

My Werramat just arrived, lovely little camera! I also scored the 100 mm tele, both camera and the 50 mm and the tele seem to be in excellent + condition. The shutter sounds good at all speeds, VF clear, no lens flaws, etc.

I even have the instruction manual, such as it is. Since I've got about 60 years of film burning experience I'm figuring the camera out, but for a beginner.... good luck! Anyone out there know of a handy-dandy guide, such as were published back in the day by third-party folks? For example the "Way" series.

Another question. While the helical on the 100 is silky-smooth, the 50 is stiff and needs cleaning. Any thoughts on a good shop to do this? Since the shutter is in the body the lenses should be simple inside, but not for me to attempt!

Many thanks for any help!

The manual is comprehensive, to serve the advanced amateur, the same time it tries to explain the ignorant very shortly something as aperture and DOF. Also there are lot of photographs. I consider it to be of the better manuals.

I don't know of a booklet or such "Werra for Dummies".

By the way, the Werras are of outstanding design. The more simple the model, the better it is.

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AgX said:

The manual is comprehensive, to serve the advanced amateur, the same time it tries to explain the ignorant very shortly something as aperture and DOF. Also there are lot of photographs. I consider it to be of the better manuals.

I don't know of a booklet or such "Werra for Dummies".

By the way, the Werras are of outstanding design. The more simple the model, the better it is.

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Well, then there must be an additional manual. The one I have is very brief, uses pictures, minimal text. Mike Butkus of Orphan Cameras presents what may be the manual you cite. Sadly my printer is malfunctioning. Such is life. As it is I'm figuring out the camera experimentally.

Heck how many pages is it?
I'll print it fer ya and send it.
PM me..

What I got in German is quite similar to the second one Butkus offers.

It is a simple camera to work out, the simple manual will tell you everything you need, If you have changeable lenses then yoy can't have the Werra Mat as the matis a fixed lens model, maybe you have the Werra Matic? that is the nearest in name that has the interchangeable lens feature, I have 4 Werra's, the Mat, 2 matic's and a werra 3, which is an early model with the interchansable lenses and they are fine lenses and cameras, they were ahead of their time, but there were changes in the models as they were improved over the years, they have a breech lock lens mount,there is a milled ring to release the lens, and after a lens change you must turn the aperture ring both ways to connect it to the lens aperture,and the rangefinder spot is one of the easiest to use, with a split image similer to an SLR split image, and works well, the meter is used via the viewfinder in all but one of the earliest models (The 3 ) and again I have found them very reliable, just set the shutter speed and adjust the aperture untill the needle is centered in the viewfinder, the exposure counter is underneath and is hard to use, but can be used, just turn the black knurled ring in the center to the first exposure after firing off 2 blank frames, apart from the above their is very little to learn and the small manual will tell you all you need to know, but be careful as the manual covers all models, not just the one you have,so have fun with it. Shame you live an ocean or more away, on the other side of the world to me as I have both manuals that came with the cameras I bought, if you want to know anything else let me know and I will help if I can
Richard

Many thanks for all the help. I'm figuring it out, and I'm gonna burn some film to make sure the shutter is about right and that the ranger finder is accurate. Certainly has a wonderful viewfinder! Would that more rangefinders had such. Those Zeiss engineers knew their stuff!