Mar 20

New Voigtlander Bessa III

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Pricing is now set on the Voigtlander Bessa III classic series 120/220 film body.  It will be $2,000 Euros.  The also still offer a complete line of lenses, viewfinders, and accessories.

The BESSA III is a high portable, folding bellows camera that allows extremely high-quality images to be taken using a high-performance lens unit. The camera is equipped with an unique mechanism for switching between to film formats.

Type: 6 x 7 type rangefinder folding camera
Film format 6 x 7 and 6 x 6 by selector switch

6 x 7 size: 56 x 69mm
6 x 6 size: 56 x 56mm
Film 120 or 220 roll film
Frames 6 x 7 size: 120 – 10 shots,
220 – 20 shots

6 x 6 size: 120 – 12 shots
220 – 24 shots
Lens HELIAR 3,5/80mm
6 elements in 4 groups
Angle of view: 6 x 7 size = 57°
Angle of view: 6 x 6 size = 53°
Focusing Manually controlled helicoid
Focusing range 0,9 m – inf.
Finder Coincidence type rangefinder with bright frame and automatic parallax correction.
Macro ratio X 0,7
Diopter correction Eyepiece diopter (19mm tread) can be screwed on.
Indicators in view finder LED
- Aperture Priority Auto Mode and properly set shutter speed indicator lit.�
- Manual exposure mode
- Battery consumptoin warning
Shutter Electronically controlled lens shutter. Shutter speed 4s – 1/500 sec.
Exposure control Center weighted average metering. Exposure compensation: +/- 2 by 1/3 steps
Film speed Manually set. ISO25 – 3200 by 1/3 steps
Film winding By film advance dial
Film counter Additive type with auto reset, automatically switched to 120 or 220 type synchronized with film type selector switch on film pressure plate.
Battery X1 CR2 Lithium battery
Size 178mm x 109mm x 138 mm or 64mm (closed)
Weight 1,000g

To read about The History of VOIGTLÄNDER, follow the link to their site.  I still have two pristine Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa bodies from the early 1960s that I am selling.  You can see photos of them on my Photography site.

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