Voigtlander VF101 (1972-1976)

Voigtlander VF101 (1972-1976)

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Características

A compact rangefinder camera for 35mm film; made by Rollei in Singapore, and sold under the Voigtländer brand.

Fonte: camera-wiki.org

This VF-101 is a lot younger, dating from somewhere between 1972 and 1976, and was made not in Braunschweig, but Singapore. It’s from a time when Voigtländer was no longer an independent company, having passed through Carl Zeiss (those makers of fine microscopes) and into the hands of photographic heavyweight Rollei. To add further confusion, the camera is badged on the bottom as a Rollei, and is cosmetically nearly identical to the contemporary Zeiss Ikon Contessa S 312. It also came in a very attractive all-black version.

The camera is a lovely little thing – compact, seeming hardly big enough to accept a roll of 35mm film, but reassuringly solid. It has a built-in light meter that couples to the exposure settings, and miraculously uses regular 1.5-volt batteries, rather than the impossible-to-find and environmentally unfriendly 1.35-volt mercury cells of older cameras. It’s dead simple to use, too – a meter needle in the viewfinder tells you if you’re in the right exposure range, and a single dial on the lens barrel chooses an aperture, with the camera selecting a shutter speed to go with it. Focusing is by the old rangefinder technique of twisting a dial around the lens barrel, and lining up two images in the viewfinder – the “real” scene, and a ghost image from the little, round rangefinder window next to it. Easy.

Fonte: Adventures in Wonderland


Especificações

Clone of the Zeiss Ikon S-312. I really don't know if this was already planned by Zeiss Ikon (who owned Voigtlander at the time) or if it was part of the deal to get Rollei to buy Voigtlander from the the ruins of the Zeiss Ikon collapse. Anyway, a ver handsome camera in black, that in my opinion looks better than the original. Aperture priority, very rare in the wave of shutter priority Japanese cameras. Extremelly well built and finish, opposite to all the Rollei/Voigtlanders that came after.

Fonte: Paulo Moreira


Modelo

Existem 2 modelos: um totalmente negro e outro com o topo e a base prateados.

A minha tem o n.º de série na lente 5529967.


Sítios de referência

Adventures in Wonderland

camera-wiki.org


Manual

Manual em Inglês


Baterias

4 baterias PX625A

Filme

Fujicolor C200 

Fotografias tiradas com esta máquina

Amostra 1

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Amostra 3

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