[rollei_list] Re: Voigtlander Vito B

  • From: Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 23:36:19 -0800

Shutter = Prontor SVS  (1 sec, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/300).
Lens = Voigtlander Color-Skopar 50mm f/3.5 - f/16
No aux rangefinder
Lens shade
Never-ready case.
The shutter speeds all seem to work properly.
I have the instruction booklet and the original purchase receipt.
Harrison, Parkinson & CO., Pharmacists & Chemists, Bradford, England, £25 3 11, 
Sept 7, 1957.
The mechanics of this little camera defy rational design!  :-)

Jim Brick
Sunnyvale, CA
http://www.photomojo.org/vip.swf










On Jan 1, 2011, at 7:18 PM, Marc James Small wrote:

> At 08:47 PM 1/1/2011, Jim Brick wrote:
> >A Voigtlander Vito B (absolutely mint) was willed to me over the
> >Christmas holidays. Interesting little camera albeit somewhat fiddly.
> >I've loaded it with some color neg film (Fujicolor Pro 400) to see how it 
> >does.
> 
> Jim
> 
> Could you provide the details (shutter type and range, lens type, and the 
> like).  And did you get the auxiliary rangefinder with the camera?
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> 
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