A Voigtlander Bessa Camera.
Voigtländer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930 - 1940
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Leather, Glass, Leatherette
Measurements
165 x 100 x 132 mm
Place of origin
Braunschweig
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525752
Summary
A Voigtlander Bessa Camera. The self-erecting folding roll film camera has a metal body covered with black leatherette. The bellows is black leather with chrome struts and fittings. It has a two speed shutter plus T and B. There are two brilliant finders, one mounted on the lens/shutter panel, which rotates, and another on the camera body. The images formed are 6x9cm. The lens has around its rim ' Anastigmat Voigtlander Voigtar 1:7.7 F=10.5cm Voigtlander Braunschweig'. Aperture settings range f7.7-f22. There are two tripod bushes, one on the main body and one on the base-plate. On the outside of the body is embossed 'Voigtlander Bessa'. There is a leather carrying handle.
Makers and roles
Voigtländer, manufacturer