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In 1921 the technician, scientist and inventor Emanuel Goldberg (1881-1970) constructed a small but nice standard film camera for amateurs for the Internationale Camera AG Dresden (Ica). In 1923 he equipped it with a wind-up mechanism. Now films could finally be shot by hand – without cumbersome winding. The compact camera was able to take up 25 meters of 35mm film and only weighed 1.5 kilos; per winding, 6 to 7 meters of film could be exposed. "With this model, normal film recordings can be made as one likes, holding the camera in the hand, on a tripod and automatically." (List of Ica kinematographs, 1924)