Beirette vsn

Beirette VSN, as they were sold in the seventies. image by René Maly (Image rights)

The Beirette VSN, a simple 35mm camera made in the DDR (former Eastern Germany).

This version has a Meritar 45mm f/2.8 lens and a Priomat-S shutter with 4 speeds. The lens is manually focused by a distance scale, and 4 weathersymbols tell the user which aperture to choose.

It is mainly made of plastic and aluminium, with some metal parts. They were sold with an everready case, a wristband and a user manual. The camera in the picture has a factory control sticker on the box, indicating it left the factory in june 1979.