Vintage Voigtländer Cameras

Founded in Vienna as long ago as 1756, Voigtländer began making cameras in the 1840s. The company was bought by Carl Zeiss in 1958, and sold on to Rollei in 1972, as the once-mighty German camera industry began its painful decline. The name was sold to Ringfoto in 1997, and subsequent Voigtländer products have been made and marketed by the Japanese firm Cosina.

Voigtländer Vito B

Date: 1956
Country of origin: West Germany
Rangefinder: None
Meter: None
Shutter: Pronto leaf shutter
Speeds: B 25 50 100 200
Lens: Color-Skopar 50mm f/3.5 – 4 element Tessar
Stops: 3.5 5.6 8 11 16
This camera just oozes quality – it’s the sort of camera that just needs to be used. If only modern digital cameras were made like this…