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| − | | Voigtländer Bergheil, 6.5×9cm, with dial-set Compur shutter.<br/><small>Pictures by {{image author|eBayer Yalluflex}}.</small> {{with permission}} | + | | Voigtländer Bergheil, 6.5×9cm, with 10.5 cm f/4.5 Heliar<br/>and dial-set Compur shutter, and with shift.<br/><small>Pictures by {{image author|eBayer Yalluflex}}.</small> {{with permission}} |
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The '''Bergheil''' is a folding plate camera made by [[Voigtländer]] in Braunschweig (Brunswick) from 1911 until the Second World War.<REF> Dates: [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C69.html notes on the Bergheil] at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography]. </REF> It was available for different plate sizes: 4.5x6 cm, 6.5x9 cm, 9x12 cm and 10x15 cm. | The '''Bergheil''' is a folding plate camera made by [[Voigtländer]] in Braunschweig (Brunswick) from 1911 until the Second World War.<REF> Dates: [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C69.html notes on the Bergheil] at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography]. </REF> It was available for different plate sizes: 4.5x6 cm, 6.5x9 cm, 9x12 cm and 10x15 cm. | ||
| − | Most examples seen have a Compur shutter; early ones may be seen with a Compund, or even an [[Ibsor]] or [[Pronto]]. The cameras are equipped with a wide range of Voigtländer's own lenses. | + | Most examples seen have a Compur shutter; early ones may be seen with a Compund, or even an [[Ibsor]] or [[Pronto]]. The cameras are equipped with a wide range of Voigtländer's own lenses; Heliar in particular are very common on later cameras. On later cameras, the lens and shutter may be interchangeable (attached with a bayonet). |
| − | + | The cameras have rack-and-pinion bellows focusing, with a focusing knob on each side of the front of the bed. There is usually a focus scale on the left of the bed, and of course a ground-glass screen can be attached. They have front rise, adjusted with the knurled knob at the top of the right hand post of the front standard, and sometimes also geared shift. On many later cameras, there are spirit levels inlaid in the focus and front-rise knobs. | |
| − | {| class="plainlinks" | + | Almost all the cameras have a [[brilliant finder]] mounted on the lens standard; depending on the age and model, this may be mounted centrally above the lens (common especially on the smallest size), or offset to the left. Most cameras (except for the smallest) also have either a wire-frame finder or a folding [[Viewfinder#Newton finder|Newton finder]] on the side of the body. |
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| + | ==Bergheil De Luxe== | ||
| + | ===Brown leather=== | ||
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| − | | Voigtländer Bergheil | + | | Voigtländer Bergheil Luxus, 4×6.5cm, 7.5cm f/6.8 Doppel-Anastigmat Radiar lens, dial-set Compur shutter.<br /><small>Pictures by {{image author|eBayer Yalluflex}}.</small> {{with permission}} |
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| − | {| class="plainlinks" | + | The true '''Bergheil Luxus''' (or '''De Luxe''') from 1923-27 is finished with light brown leather covering and bellows, and has gold-finish standard and fittings, after the style of a tropical camera. It was only made in the 4.5x6cm size. |
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| + | ===Green leather=== | ||
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| − | | | + | | Bergheil 6.5×9cm, with green leather, interchangeable 10.5cm f/3.5 Heliar<br/>and 25.5cm f/6.3 Tele-Dynar lenses and rim-set Compur shutter.<br/>An identical camera has also been seen with a ''20'' cm Tele-Dynar.<br/><small>Pictures by {{image author|eBayer Yalluflex}}.</small> {{with permission}} |
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| + | There are also cameras with textured ''green'' leather covering and bellows, but with the black-painted fittings as the standard Bergheil. McKeown dates these cameras to 1932-6 (some years after Voigtländer stopped making the brown-leather camera), and rather dismisses them as ''a step up from the black models, but <nowiki>[..]</nowiki> not truly 'Luxus' models''; ''all'' 6.5x9cm and 9x12cm cameras after 1932 had this green leather. McKeown states that the green leather of the bellows tends to darken with age, so that the 'green' cameras are often ''not'' particularly green.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p950-1.</ref> | ||
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| + | <!-- This is misleading: it's just an unusual example (looks like an early one, perhaps). There are perfectly 'normal' Bergheils in this size too. | ||
| + | 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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* [http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/voigt1.htm Voigtländer Bergheil] on [http://www.ukcamera.com www.ukcamera.com] | * [http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/voigt1.htm Voigtländer Bergheil] on [http://www.ukcamera.com www.ukcamera.com] | ||
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The Bergheil is a folding plate camera made by Voigtländer in Braunschweig (Brunswick) from 1911 until the Second World War.[1] It was available for different plate sizes: 4.5x6 cm, 6.5x9 cm, 9x12 cm and 10x15 cm.
Most examples seen have a Compur shutter; early ones may be seen with a Compund, or even an Ibsor or Pronto. The cameras are equipped with a wide range of Voigtländer's own lenses; Heliar in particular are very common on later cameras. On later cameras, the lens and shutter may be interchangeable (attached with a bayonet).
The cameras have rack-and-pinion bellows focusing, with a focusing knob on each side of the front of the bed. There is usually a focus scale on the left of the bed, and of course a ground-glass screen can be attached. They have front rise, adjusted with the knurled knob at the top of the right hand post of the front standard, and sometimes also geared shift. On many later cameras, there are spirit levels inlaid in the focus and front-rise knobs.
Almost all the cameras have a brilliant finder mounted on the lens standard; depending on the age and model, this may be mounted centrally above the lens (common especially on the smallest size), or offset to the left. Most cameras (except for the smallest) also have either a wire-frame finder or a folding Newton finder on the side of the body.
Bergheil De Luxe
Brown leather
  
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| Voigtländer Bergheil Luxus, 4×6.5cm, 7.5cm f/6.8 Doppel-Anastigmat Radiar lens, dial-set Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
The true Bergheil Luxus (or De Luxe) from 1923-27 is finished with light brown leather covering and bellows, and has gold-finish standard and fittings, after the style of a tropical camera. It was only made in the 4.5x6cm size.
Green leather
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| Bergheil 6.5×9cm, with green leather, interchangeable 10.5cm f/3.5 Heliar and 25.5cm f/6.3 Tele-Dynar lenses and rim-set Compur shutter. An identical camera has also been seen with a 20 cm Tele-Dynar. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
There are also cameras with textured green leather covering and bellows, but with the black-painted fittings as the standard Bergheil. McKeown dates these cameras to 1932-6 (some years after Voigtländer stopped making the brown-leather camera), and rather dismisses them as a step up from the black models, but [..] not truly 'Luxus' models; all 6.5x9cm and 9x12cm cameras after 1932 had this green leather. McKeown states that the green leather of the bellows tends to darken with age, so that the 'green' cameras are often not particularly green.[2]
Interchangeable lenses
Later Bergheil cameras have an exchangeable lens/shutter unit, attached via a bayonet. Many of the standard lenses are Heliars. The usual long-focus lens is the Tele-Dynar.
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| Voigtländer Heliar 10.5cm f/4.5 lens and Compur shutter, with a bayonet mount for the Bergheil. Picture by Uwe Kulick. (Image rights) |
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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: notes on the Bergheil at Early Photography.
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p950-1.
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