Voigtländer Bessa II
La Voigtländer Bessa II és una de les càmeres més boniques i elegants que mai s’han disenyat. Es tracta d’una camara de format mitjà (120) plegable, produida entre 1950 i 1956. Als anys 50 fou considerada com la millor càmara del seu format, especialment indicada per a retrats i paisatges. No cal dir que les linies de la part superior, amb els dos volants per enfocar i avançar el rodet, tot cromat, son una meravella, així com la forma com es desplega la lent, d’un preciós tò blavós. En aquest cas es tracta d’una Color-Skopar f3.5 / 105mm de la propia Voigtländer, tot i que podia ser altres objectius més cars, com el Color-Heliar o l’inabastable (i radioactiu) APO-Lanthar f4.5 / 105mm. L'obturador és un Synchro Compur amb velocitats entre 1 segon i 1/500.
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The gorgeously beutiful Voigtländer Bessa II is one of the most beautifuly designed cameras in history. The moment I saw one on the web, I had to have it. It’s a 120 format folding camera, made in 1950-1956 in Germany, and considered in the 50’s as the best mid format folding camera. It combines quality with splendid lines, specially in the top, with twin round levers for focusing and fim advance. The only drawbacks are the tiny rangefinder eyepiece and that a folding camera could never be so rigid, and as such, solid as… a rigid camera, like a Rolleiflex or a Hasselblad.
The lens in this case is the not so cheap Color-Skopar f3.5 / 105mm, but there are more expensive options, like the Color-Heliar and outside of the common mortals, the APO-Lanthar f4.5 / 105mm version, which could cost 10.000 euros and even more!!!! And also it’s a radioactive lens, so better don’t keep it in your bedroom. Anyway, this Color-Skopar has a wonderful blue shine, as you can see. The shutter is a Synchro Compur with speeds from 1 to 1/500 of a second.
filmosaur.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/meet-the-camera-voigtl...
www.cosmonet.org/camera/bessa2_e.htm
www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/camera-11785-Voigtland...
camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Bessa_(folders)
Voigtländer Bessa II
La Voigtländer Bessa II és una de les càmeres més boniques i elegants que mai s’han disenyat. Es tracta d’una camara de format mitjà (120) plegable, produida entre 1950 i 1956. Als anys 50 fou considerada com la millor càmara del seu format, especialment indicada per a retrats i paisatges. No cal dir que les linies de la part superior, amb els dos volants per enfocar i avançar el rodet, tot cromat, son una meravella, així com la forma com es desplega la lent, d’un preciós tò blavós. En aquest cas es tracta d’una Color-Skopar f3.5 / 105mm de la propia Voigtländer, tot i que podia ser altres objectius més cars, com el Color-Heliar o l’inabastable (i radioactiu) APO-Lanthar f4.5 / 105mm. L'obturador és un Synchro Compur amb velocitats entre 1 segon i 1/500.
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The gorgeously beutiful Voigtländer Bessa II is one of the most beautifuly designed cameras in history. The moment I saw one on the web, I had to have it. It’s a 120 format folding camera, made in 1950-1956 in Germany, and considered in the 50’s as the best mid format folding camera. It combines quality with splendid lines, specially in the top, with twin round levers for focusing and fim advance. The only drawbacks are the tiny rangefinder eyepiece and that a folding camera could never be so rigid, and as such, solid as… a rigid camera, like a Rolleiflex or a Hasselblad.
The lens in this case is the not so cheap Color-Skopar f3.5 / 105mm, but there are more expensive options, like the Color-Heliar and outside of the common mortals, the APO-Lanthar f4.5 / 105mm version, which could cost 10.000 euros and even more!!!! And also it’s a radioactive lens, so better don’t keep it in your bedroom. Anyway, this Color-Skopar has a wonderful blue shine, as you can see. The shutter is a Synchro Compur with speeds from 1 to 1/500 of a second.
filmosaur.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/meet-the-camera-voigtl...
www.cosmonet.org/camera/bessa2_e.htm
www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/camera-11785-Voigtland...
camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Bessa_(folders)