~1975
Compacta · España
35 mm film camera made in Vic, Spain
Werlisa Club Color, black
The Werlisa Club Color is the Spanish compact of the 1970s: plastic body, metal front plate and a 38 mm Certar lens that renders with the high contrast and saturated colour people now look for on purpose. This unit is the matte black variant, less common than the coloured ones, and it comes with its original strap.
- Single unit
- Tested with film
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- 14 days to return it if it is not what you expected.
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What is included and its condition
- Tested with film: the sample shots were taken with this very camera.
- Werlisa Certar 38 mm lens, working shutter.
- Matte black variant, the least common in the Club Color series.
- Original strap included.
- No batteries: fully mechanical operation.
Certex built it in Vic, near Barcelona, for the domestic market: a camera to take on holiday, with no meter and no focusing, just three weather symbols. That simplicity is exactly what makes it usable today, because there is no electronics left to fail fifty years on. Load a roll of 35 mm film, shoot it, develop it.
Specifications
| Brand | Werlisa |
| Model | Club Color |
| Manufacturer | Certex S.A., Vic (Barcelona) |
| Year | ~1968/1975 |
| Format | 35 mm |
| Lens | Werlisa Certar 38 mm |
| Type | Compacta |
| Origin | Espana |
Frequently asked questions about this camera
What lens does the Werlisa Club Color have?
A Werlisa Certar 38 mm, fixed and focus-free. It is a simple three-element lens that performs well from about a metre and a half onwards and gives the high contrast and saturated colour the camera is known for. This is worth stating because many listings credit this camera with a 28 mm or 32 mm lens, which is not what it carries.
What year is the Werlisa Club Color from?
It was built by Certex S.A. in Vic, near Barcelona, between the late 1960s and the mid 1970s. It is not a 1990s camera, a common error in second-hand listings: by then Certex had already stopped producing it.
What film does the Werlisa Club Color take?
Standard 35 mm film, still manufactured and still developed by any lab today. Since it has no light meter, it works best with ISO 200 or 400 colour negative, which is forgiving of exposure errors.
Does it need batteries?
No. The body is fully mechanical and fires without any battery. That is why it still works fifty years on: there is no electronics left to degrade.
How do you focus it?
You do not. It is a fixed-focus camera: you frame through the viewfinder and press the shutter. Exposure is set with the weather symbols (sun, cloud, shade) on the lens ring.
Has this camera been tested?
Yes. The sample photographs on this page were taken with this exact unit, not stock images and not another example. The shutter and film advance were checked with a real roll of film that was developed.
What is the difference between the black Werlisa Club Color and the coloured ones?
The finish. The Club Color series sold mostly in yellow, blue, maroon and grey, which are the variants normally seen. The matte black is the least common of them all and the most restrained of the series.
Photographs taken with this camera
The three photographs below were taken with this camera. They are not stock images.
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