2/28/2023 0 Comments Voigtlander camera rate it![]() ![]() Voigtländer had great success around this time as both a maker of fine plate cameras and lenses. In the first two decades of the 20th century, the company would release a wide range of folding plate cameras with names such as Scheren-Camera, Alpin, Stereophotoskop, and Avus. An early Voigtländer Alpin from around 1910.Īs film photography would gain momentum in the 1900s with models from the Eastman Kodak company and other German makers, Voigtländer started to make a more serious effort into designing their own cameras. For this review, I’ll skip to the beginning of the 20th Century when Voigtländer showed significant interest in building their own cameras, rather than just primarily being a lens maker. I spent an unnecessarily large amount of time covering their history in my review for the Vito II so rather than repeat a large amount of that information here, I encourage you to read the first part of the Vito review if you want to know more. Voigtländer is the world’s oldest optics company, with a history dating back to the 1700s. History Voigtländer has a history dating back to the 1700s, making them the world’s oldest optics company, Lens: 10.5 cm f/6.3 Voigtländer Anastigmat Voigtar uncoated 3-elements Although many had simple lens and shutter combinations, some were equipped with high spec Skopar or Heliar lenses and Compur shutters.įilm Type: 120 roll film (eight 6cm x 9cm images per roll) The Rollfilm is a well built, but basic folding camera that came in a variety of sizes, using 129, 120, and 116 film. It was the predecessor to the Inos and Bessa cameras, the latter of which would go on to become Voigtländer’s most successful line of cameras throughout it’s history. I guess they didn’t think it was necessary to give it a unique sounding name, and just settled on “Rollfilm”. The Rollfilm was one of Voigtländer’s first attempts at a camera that used roll film. This is a Voigtländer Rollfilm folding camera that was made between the years of 1927 – 1931. ![]()
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