Vintage VOIGTLANDER BESSA Folding Camera Braunschweig 10. 5cm F3. 5 Lens
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:38851299 | Brand: Voigtlander |
| Series: Voigtländer Bessa | Format: 6x9 |
| Color: Black |
Vintage VOIGTLANDER BESSA Folding Camera Braunschweig 10.5cm f3.5 Lens. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. What you see in the pictures is what you get. Case is included but it is damaged. The lens folds in and out fine. The adjustments on the lens move freely as does the zoom. I cannot seem to figure out how to test the shutter and it has not been tested with film. This is being sold as is and I will only guarantee what I have tested and disclosed here. Contact me with any questions. Th...anks.The Voigtlander Bessa I is a 6×9 folding viewfinder camera made from 1949 until about 1957. Originally it was sold with a 6×4 mask, as well, so it’s basically got a half-frame option.At 6x9cm, the negatives are the same aspect ratio as 35mm frames — 1:1.5. But at 36x24mm, a 135 frame covers 864mm², or 8.64cm². The frames the Voigtlander (or any 6×9 camera, really) makes cover 54cm². That’s more than six times as much area, and six times as many molecules of silver halide available to make big, beautiful negatives.Set for 6x4cm, you’re still getting nearly three times the image area as a 35mm frame. You’re also getting 16 frames on a roll of 120 film instead of just eight.There is a switch near the viewfinder that engages a mask you can use to compose your half frames more accurately, and a dial above the viewfinder which mode the viewfinder mask is in.
