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		<title>New Voigtlander Bessa III</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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<p>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.  </p>
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<p class="text12"><span class="textfett12">The BESSA III</span> 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.</p>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Type:</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">6 x 7 type rangefinder folding camera</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top">Film format</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top">6 x 7 and 6 x 6 by selector switch  </p>
<p>6 x 7 size: 56 x 69mm<br />
6 x 6 size: 56 x 56mm</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Film</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">120 or 220 roll film</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top">Frames</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top">6 x 7 size: 120 – 10 shots,<br />
                  220 – 20 shots  </p>
<p>6 x 6 size: 120 – 12 shots<br />
                  220 – 24 shots</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Lens</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">HELIAR 3,5/80mm<br />
6 elements in 4 groups<br />
Angle of view: 6 x 7 size = 57°<br />
Angle of view: 6 x 6 size = 53°</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top">Focusing</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top">Manually controlled helicoid</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Focusing range</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">0,9 m – inf.</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top">Finder</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top">Coincidence type rangefinder with bright frame and automatic parallax correction.</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Macro ratio</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">X 0,7</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top">Diopter correction</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top">Eyepiece diopter (19mm tread) can be screwed on.</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">LED<br />
- Aperture Priority Auto Mode and properly set shutter speed indicator lit.�<br />
- Manual exposure mode<br />
- Battery consumptoin warning</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top">Shutter</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top">Electronically controlled lens shutter. Shutter speed 4s – 1/500 sec.</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Center weighted average metering. Exposure compensation: +/- 2 by 1/3 steps</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top">Film speed</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top">Manually set. ISO25 – 3200 by 1/3 steps</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">By film advance dial</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top">Film counter</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top">Additive type with auto reset, automatically switched to 120 or 220 type synchronized with film type selector switch on film pressure plate.</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Battery</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">X1 CR2 Lithium battery</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top">Size</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top">178mm x 109mm x 138 mm or 64mm (closed)</td>
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<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Weight</td>
<td class="text12" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">1,000g</td>
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<div><img class="alignnone" title="Voigtlander" src="http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigtlaender/voigtlaender_cms.nsf/id/pa_fdih7jzkae.html/$file/Klein5.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="120" /><img class="alignnone" title="Voigtlander" src="http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigtlaender/voigtlaender_cms.nsf/id/pa_fdih7jzkae.html/$file/klein1.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="95" /><br />
<img class="alignnone" title="Voigtlander" src="http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigtlaender/voigtlaender_cms.nsf/id/pa_fdih7jzkae.html/$file/klein2.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="118" /><img class="alignnone" title="Voigtlander" src="http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigtlaender/voigtlaender_cms.nsf/id/pa_fdih7jzkae.html/$file/Klein3.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="54" /></div>
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<p>To read about <a title="History of Voigtlander" href="http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigtlaender/voigtlaender_cms.nsf/id/pa_historie_e.html" target="_blank">The History of VOIGTLÄNDER</a>, follow the <a title="History of Voigtlander" href="http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigtlaender/voigtlaender_cms.nsf/id/pa_historie_e.html" target="_blank">link</a> 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 <a title="Cadco Photography" href="http://cadcophotography.com/InTheBag/Voigtlander/voigtlander.html" target="_blank">Photography site</a>.</p>
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