paolita
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Post by paolita on Jan 2, 2010 16:23:54 GMT -5
First of all
HAPPY 2010 TO ALL FORUM FRIENDS
You are always so nice in commenting my photos so I want to show you one of the latest addition in my classic camera collection, a very nice, small and compact rangefinder
Voigtlander VITOMATIC IA with 2.5/50 mm color skopar lens
A nice week end to all
Paola
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casualcollector
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Post by casualcollector on Jan 2, 2010 16:35:16 GMT -5
Very elegant!
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Post by olroy2044 on Jan 2, 2010 17:16:15 GMT -5
Very nice little camera, and a beautiful photo--once again! I think that you will find it a very capable performer if you care to run some film through it!
Roy
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paolita
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Post by paolita on Jan 2, 2010 18:37:31 GMT -5
Thanks Casualcollector and Roy for the lovely comments.
Yes I will try to use the camera and test it, there is a tender memory concerning this camera, when I was a very little child my late father used a lot a camera like this one, and the reason why I have bought it is because my father's Vitomatic has been lost and I loved the idea to include in my little collection the same camera by father use so often when I was borned. He took nice photos with Vitomatic, I will try to do something good myself.
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Post by Randy on Jan 2, 2010 22:53:32 GMT -5
Nice camera and I like the display.
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photax
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Post by photax on Jan 4, 2010 6:54:58 GMT -5
Hi Paola !
As Randy mentioned: A beautiful camera and and display ! I also like the 1960s Voigtländers. Is this Rome ( maybe Florence ?) pictured at the vintage photograph ?
MIK
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paolita
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Post by paolita on Jan 4, 2010 17:29:07 GMT -5
Hi MIK, glad you like the photo.The vintage photograph is Rome, one of the oldest bridges on the Tiber River.
Thanks
Paola
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Post by drako on Jan 12, 2010 17:59:08 GMT -5
Yes, "elegant" is the word.
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seele
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Post by seele on Jan 15, 2010 13:17:32 GMT -5
Paolita, this Vitomatic is not a rangefinder camera, it just has coupled exposure meter. The "big viewfinder" models tend to have the silvering of the Albada finder deteriorating, but it seems your example is fine though.
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Post by ernestojl on Aug 15, 2010 11:17:50 GMT -5
Paolita:
I´m new to this forum, just joined a few days ago. Your camera is one of the nicest and best cameras made by Voigtländer during the ´50s and 60´s. For almost the same reason as you had, I bought a Vitomatic IIb: it was my dad´s camera, also bought in Italy, and unfortunately also lost some time ago.
Hope you enjoy yours as I do with mine. BTW, later I bought another IIB and a IICs.
Addiction? Surely yes!
Cheers
Ernesto
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daveh
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Post by daveh on Aug 15, 2010 17:43:41 GMT -5
Welcome, Ernesto.
Nice cameras the Vitos.
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melek
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Post by melek on Sept 12, 2010 7:18:29 GMT -5
Now that you have this one, you should look at the Vito B. It's like your camera but without a meter. It's a bit smaller but is an excellent camera.
There were two Vito B models: one with framelines and one without. And there were two lenses offered: f/2.8 Color-Skopar and f/3.5 Color-Skopar.
Voigtlander also made a small rangefinder that slides into the accessory shoe. It can be used with Voigtlander's 35mm and medium format camera, as well as any other camera.
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