Walz Comet The Walz brand had existed before the war, selling photographic accessories since the mid-1940s. See more on Walz models‘ offering. Early models were Rollei-inspired TLR cameras, peppered with a few Klapp models, until they settled on compact 35mm rangefinders, as did all post-war camera makers in Japan. The first in this line was the Walz 35, a modest...

Walz Envoy 35 Walz was a Japanese camera manufacturer or distributor, depending on which version you follow. It was one of the few Japanese pre-war camera makers that entered the industry before the war, in 1936. Most other camera makers mushroomed after the war and lasted for only a decade or so. See more about the Walz legacy. Like other...