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| + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/voigtlander_pdf/voigtlander_avus/voigtlander_avus.htm Voigtländer Avus user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170701080934/http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/voigt14.htm Voigtländer Avus] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20191002075926/http://ukcamera.com:80/ UKCamera.com (archived)] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170701080934/http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/voigt14.htm Voigtländer Avus] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20191002075926/http://ukcamera.com:80/ UKCamera.com (archived)] | ||
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| Avus circa 1920 with Compur shutter older dial-set version and Skopar lens. images by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) | ||
The Avus series of folding plate cameras was made by Voigtländer in Germany from 1913 to 1934. These medium-to-upper-quality cameras are seen in both 6.5x9cm and 9x12cm versions. They have double-extension bellows and are equipped with Ibsor or Compur shutters (either the older dial-set or the newer rim-set versions), and high-quality Tessar-type lenses, such as Voigtländer's own Skopar, or a Voigtar. The front lens standard allows a small amount of both rise/fall and lateral shift. Otherwise they are typical folding plate cameras of the period, with a big folding sports finder and additional brilliant finder. The name Avus was taken from a popular car race circuit in Berlin, the first speedway of Germany.
 Scan by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
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| 1928 Avus advertisement image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
