Voigtlander Vito B (1954-1960)

Voigtlander Vito B (1954-1960)

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This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

The Vito B is an attractive and compact 35mm viewfinder made by Voigtländer and produced between 1954-60. It has the fine Color-Skopar 50mm f/3.5 or f/2.8 lens (a four element Tessar-type) in a 4-speed Pronto or 8-speed Prontor shutter.

The Vito B was equipped with either a 4-speed Pronto (B, 1/25th, 1/50th, 1/100th, and 1/200th sec) or 8-speed (B, 1, 1/2, 1/5th, 1/10th, 1/25th, 1/50th, 1/100th, and 1/300th sec) Prontor SVS shutter, the 4-speed shutter being discontinued in 1957. The shutter is cocked by the film engaging a sprocket wheel, preventing double exposure, and so will not cock if there is not a film present; this has led some to mistakenly diagnose the shutter of a working Vito B as broken.

The self-timer mechanism can be engaged by moving the synchronising lever to the V (green) position; however, given the age of the camera and the weak governing spring, using this feature is discouraged, as it can cause the camera to stop working.

The Vito B's body is compact and rounded, a look characterised as "cute". It has some nice features including a hinged baseplate for easy loading (which also releases the back) and a milled film counter that counts down rather than up.

The Vito B body existed in two versions, the first one (1954-57) had a small viewfinder and low profile top plate. The later version (1957-60) had a larger bright-frame viewfinder; while brighter and more useful than the original Vito B's viewfinder, some enthusiasts feel that this spoiled the appearance of the camera.

Source: Camerapedia

Small, sweet little scale-focus classic from Voigtlander. One of those cameras that you really need to hold in your hot little hand to appreciate. My sample is the ‘budget’ version, with 4-speed Pronto shutter instead of the better Prontor-SVS shutter. A later model (BS) has an oversized viewfinder that while more practical, in my opinion throws off the ‘look’ of this sleek little package.

The Vito B sports the same semi-legendary Color-Skopar found on the everpopular Vito II and other Voigtlander classics. It is a sharp Tessar style lens, occasionally found in the faster 50/2.8 configuration. f8 and better is quite impressive. The shutter is very smooth and silent even in this model, and with the scale focus this becomes a great stealth camera.

Notable features: manual frame counter setting, the counter is subtractive (counts backward) so after loading set it to the number of exposures and let it count down to zero. Also the shutter is locked until you put a film in the camera, sometimes that will allow you to get a seemingly ‘broken’ one as a bargain.

Source: mattsclassiccameras.com

Specifications

Embossing on the top plate: Vito B

Lens:Color-Skopar 50mm f/3.5 filter slip-on

Aperture: f/3.5-f/22 setting: ring and scale on the lens, turns with the speed ring, according to Light Values 2-18, separate setting possible by a knob on the lens

Focus range: 1-20m + inf

Focusing: manual front element focusing, guess the distance

Shutter: Prontor-SVS leaf shutter, speeds: 1-1/300 +B. The shutter is cocked by the film engaging sprocket wheel, preventing double exposure, so will not cock if there is not a film in the camera. This has led some to mistakenly diagnose the shutter of a working Vito B as broken.

Setting : ring and scale on the lens, turns with the aperture ring, according to Light Values 2-18, separate setting possible by a knob on the lens

Shutter release: on the top plate, w/cable release socket

Cocking lever: long stroke, on the back of the camera

Frame counter: manual reset by milled film counter reseting ring on the front of the bottom plate, counts down, counter window at the center front of the top plate

Viewfinder: large 1/1 size crystal bright-frame viewfinder on tall housing

Re-wind knob: on the left of the top plate, a pop-up knob by a small lever on left side of the camera

Re-wind release: unlocks when the re-wind knob pops-up

Flash PC socket: on the left of the lens flange

Flash sync: X and M, sets by a lever on the left of the lens flange

Cold-shoe

Self-timer: set the synchronising lever to the V (green)

Back cover: hinged, a part of the bottom plate folds open to facilitate the exchange of the film cartridge as well as to open the camera's back door

Tripod socket: 1/4" (actually a 3/8" socket with a pre-installed 1/4" adapter)

Strap knobs

Body: metal; Weight: 610g

Source: Camerapedia


Model

Probably later version (1957-1960)

No serial number


Reference sites

Camerapedia

mattsclassiccameras.com

Manual

English manual

Film

Pictures taken with this machine


Videos

Voigtlander VF101 (1972-1976)

Voigtlander VF101 (1972-1976)

#146

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo

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

Amostra 2

Amostra 3

Vídeos

Voigtländer Dynamatic Delux (1959)

Voigtländer Dynamatic Delux (1959)

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

The Voigtländer Dynamatic was produced sometime in the early 1960's late 1950's. It was a 35mm automatic camera with a selenium 3-cell around the lens. It was offered in four models the Dynamatic, Dynamatic Delux and the Dynamatic II, and Dynamatic II Delux. The Dynamatic featured a Lathar f/2.8 50mm lens with a Prontormat S-V shutter 1/30 - 1/300, the Delux had the Color-Skopar f/2.8 50mm lens. It used a zone focus system. The Dynamatic had limited manual control options and was marketed as a SnapShooter camera as opposed to the more advanced controls offered in the Dynamatic II . It did have a threaded mount for a cable release, a flash socket and center mounted accessory shoe.

• Manufacture: Voigtlander
• Country: Germany
• Years Produced: Early 1960's - (estimated)
• Type: Ridged Body Fixed Lens
• Film Type: 35mm
• Lens Type: Lanthar f/2.8 50mm or Color-Skopar f/2.8 50mm.
• Shutter Type: Prontormat S-V shutter 1/30 - 1/300

Fonte: Camerapedia

The Dynamatic series consists of four models.
All of them are automatic with a selenium cell around the lens.
"Deluxe" models have a chrome front panel.
Dynamatic II cameras are similar to Dynamatics but with a coupled rangefinder, a 1/500 shutter and a Color-Skopar lens instead of a Lanthar.

Fonte: voigtlander.pagesperso-orange.fr


Modelo

A minha é modelo Dynamatic Delux.

Fonte: Camerapedia

1959 - 24x36 Film -
Prontormat S-V shutter 1/300. Color-Skopar 2.8/50mm.
Shutter priority automatic camera. Selenium cell around the lens.
Aperture needle visible in finder and on top.

Fonte: voigtlander.pagesperso-orange.fr


Manual

Manual em Inglês


Sítios de referência

Camerapedia
voigtlander.pagesperso-orange.fr


Vídeos

Voigtlander Vitoret

Voigtlander Vitoret - basic version

Características

Voigtländer Vitoret is a 35mm film viewfinder camera manufactured by Voigtländer & Sohn AG, Braunschweig, former West Germany and produced between 1961-1971

The Voigtländer Vitoret series were a very successful range of consumer level inexpensive cameras that were produced from 1961 to 1971. Vitoret series were more inexpensive than the Vito range cause there were the choice of lenses and shutters and a more simple internal design. All series produced with quantity ca 700.000. Many Vitoret cameras are often still useable and capable of providing good results.

All versions have:

1:1 bright frame finder
Prontor 125 or 300 shutters
Standard lens was the Color Lanthar 2,8/50 with a few exceptions
Distance range marked by symbols or feet/meter scale.
The post-1967 series of the Vitoret had square edged bodies and the pre-1967 series all had the rounded body similar to the Vito range.

A que tenho:

1961

Basic version

Also with Vaskar 2,8/50 lens for export

Fonte: Camerapedia

The Voigtländer Vitoret was produced in 1960 as a low cost alternative to the Vito. It was a 35mm rigid body non-interchangeable lens that cost £12 in 1963. The low cost of the camera was directly reflected in it's quality and performance. There were 8 different models produced, each one was intended to improve upon the the last models shortcomings. In 1966 Voigtländer attempted to improve the Vitoret by improving the lens from the Vaskar to the Color Lanthar. The Vitoret came in two body styles as was customary for the entire Vitoret line, the first being square and the other featuring more a rounded body.

Manufacturer: Voigtländer

Country: Germany

Years Produced: 1960 - 1971

Body Type: Rigid Body Fixed Lens

Film Type: 35mm

Lens Type: Vaskar f/2.8 50mm or Color Lanthar f/2.8 50mm

Shutter Type: Prontor 125 1/30th 1/60th 1/125th Bulb

Flash Type: Accessory Shoe

Fonte: camera-wiki.org

Modelo

A minha é do modelo inicial

Manual

Em inglês

Sítios de referência

Camarasclassicas
Camera-wiki.org
Camerapedia

Vídeos

Voigtlander Vito CL (1961-1967)

Voigtlander Vito CL (1961-1967)

#14

Características

Vito CL is a 35mm film viewfinder camera made by Voigtländer and produced between 1961-67. It is in the Vito C series.

Its specifications are similar with Vito C except the coupled light meter.

All of the Vito C series models, were sold as Standard or Deluxe models. Differences between standard and de luxe models are cosmetic, like leatherette covered lens barrel, black shutter release, raised chrome name, film reminder disc with leather in the center.

A minha é uma Deluxe

There are three models of the Vito CL

First Model: 1960, Coupled Selenium cell lightmeter, needle visible on top, acessory shoe fitted into the top housing
Second Model: 1962, protruding accessory shoe
Third Model: 1963, meter needle visible on top and in finder, protruding accessory shoe, top housing taller than earlier models.


Fonte: Camerapedia

Lens: Voigtländer Lanthar 50mm f/2.8
Focus: Infinit to 1.0m (3.3ft)
Aperture: f/2.8 to 22
Shutter: 1/500s to 1/15s plus Bulb setting
Light meter: Coupled Selenium cell lightmeter, needle visible on top
Flash: Sync connection
Weight: 679g

Takes 135 film
24×36 mm negative size

Fonte: BKS Picture


Modelo

A minha parece ser do primeiro modelo


Manual

Em inglês

Sites de referência

BKS Picture
Camerapedia
Voigtlander Camera Colection


Vídeos

Amostras

Voigtlander Vito CL - amostra 1

Voigtlander Vito CL - amostra 2

Voigtlander Vito CL - amostra 3