Vitomatic
Vitomatic IIa image by Rick Soloway (Image rights) |
Voigtländer developed the Vitomatic series of viewfinder and rangefinder cameras for 35mm film with coupled meter as an alternate camera series to the Vito. All the Vitomatic were derived in 1957 from the Vito B, in parallel to the development of the Vito BL and BR and all have the bottom lock to open the back. The Vitomatic I are viewfinders and the Vitomatic II and III are rangefinders. The "a", "b" and "CS" have the meter instrument reflected into the finder.
Contents
Models
1st generation (1958-1959)
- Vitomatic I
- Vitomatic II
2nd generation (1960-1963)
- Vitomatic Ia
- Vitomatic IIa (with Skopar 2.8/50 or Ultron 2/50)
3rd generation (1964-1966)
- Vitomatic Ib
- Vitomatic IIb
- Vitomatic IIIb (with Ultron 2/50)
4th generation, with CdS metering (1967-1969)
- Vitomatic I CS
- Vitomatic II CS
- Vitomatic III CS (with Ultron 2/50)
Links
In English:
- Voigtländer Camera Collection by Pierre Dalger
- Manual of Vitomatic II available on the Favorite Classics section of .kyphoto.com
- Vitomatic I/II/III at UK Camera
In German
- Meine Voigtländer-Sammlung by Hans Lißberger
- Vitomatic by Udo Afalter
- Kamerasammlung von Manfred Forscht by Manfred Forscht
In French:
- Voigtländer Collection d'appareils photographiques by Pierre Dalger
- Vitomatic Ia, Vitomatic IIa, Vitomatic IIb on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand