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From 1839, the year, when the invention of photography was being published, came objective optics and from 1840 complete cameras for photography. The Voigtländer objectives were revolutionary because they were the first mathematically calculated precision objectives in the history of photography, developed by the Austro-Hungarian/Slovak mathematics professor Josef Maximilian Petzval, with ...
Prominent refers to two distinct lines of rangefinder cameras made by Voigtländer.. The first Prominent, stylized in all-caps as PROMINENT and also known as the Prominent 6×9 to distinguish it from the later camera line, was a folding, fixed-lens rangefinder camera that used 120 film and was first marketed in 1932.
In the 1970s, Rollei acquired the Voigtländer brand from Zeiss and released several compact rangefinder cameras under the VF series, some of which also were sold as Rollei-branded cameras. The first model in the VF series was the VF 101 (1974), a close copy of the Zeiss Ikon/Contessa S 312 (1971), one of the last cameras that had been ...
The original Vitessa was introduced in 1950 with a fast Ultron 50 mm f /2.0 lens. [2] It was joined later by a version with a Color-Skopar 50 mm f /3.5 (Tessar-type) lens.. Contemporary marketing materials emphasized the rapid operation of the camera: by pressing the shutter release button, positioned on the top deck for the photographer's right index finger, the camera doors opened and the ...
The Epson R-D1 is the world's first digital rangefinder camera induced by Epson in March 2004. The R-D1 was a joined venture between Epson, with developed the electrical systems, UI and imaging processor and Cosina wich provided the body (a modified version of the Voigtländer Bessa R2 body) and rangefinder mechanics.
Pages in category "Cosina Voigtländer VM-mount cameras" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A 127 film folding camera was sold by Voigtländer starting in 1933 as the Perkeo, which took 3×4 cm pictures; it offered greater portability compared to the regular Bessa line. [16] It was succeeded by the single-format Bessa 46 and Bessa 66 cameras, introduced in 1938 and sold until 1951, which took pictures in 645 and 6×6 formats ...
The first Voigtländer Brillant was released in 1932. This early model resembles a TLR but it is functionally closer to a box camera, since it cannot be focused in the viewfinder. It uses 'zone-focusing' for which one has to estimate the distance to the subject.