Bergheil
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Voigtländer Bergheil, 6.5×9cm, dial-set Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
The Bergheil was a folding plate drop-bed camera for the ambitious amateur. It was produced by Voigtländer in Braunschweig from 1911 until World War II.[1] It was available in different film formats. There is a brilliant finder for vertical pictures and a sports finder for horizontal images.
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Voigtländer Bergheil Deluxe, 6.5×9cm, Heliar 10.5cm f/3.5 and Tele-Dynar 25.5cm f/6.3 lenses, rim-set Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
The Bergheil Deluxe was a special edition with green leather covering and assorted bellows. The two examples pictured above and below only differ by the lens type and shutter size.
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Voigtländer Bergheil Deluxe, 6.5×9cm, Heliar 10.5cm f/4.5 and Tele-Dynar 20cm f/6.3 lenses, rim-set Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
The 4.5×6cm model (or "Baby Bergheil") is quite different from the larger models, notably differing in the shape of the folding struts and the position of the brilliant finder.
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Voigtländer Baby Bergheil, 4.5×6cm, dial-set Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
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Voigtländer Bergheil Luxus, 4×6.5cm, Doppel-Anastigmat Radiar 7.5cm f/6.8 lens, dial-set Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
Interchangeable lenses
Most Bergheil cameras have an exchangeable lens/shutter unit, attached via a bayonet. Many of the lenses are of the excellent Heliar type, invented in 1900 by Dr. Hans Harting for Voigtländer, often combined with shutters of the leading brand Compur.
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Voigtländer Heliar 10.5cm f/4.5 lens and Compur shutter, with a bayonet mount for the Bergheil. (Image rights) |
The standard telephoto lens mounted on the Bergheil was the Voigtländer Tele-Dynar.
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25.5cm f/6.3. | 20cm f/6.3. |
Voigtländer Tele-Dynar lenses. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ Dates: Bergheil at Early Photography.
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