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The '''Bergheil''' is a series of well-specified folding plate cameras made by [[Voigtländer]] in Braunschweig (Brunswick) from 1911 until the Second World War.<REF>These dates are given in [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 a range of smaller plate sizes: 4.5x6 cm, 6.5x9 cm, 9x12 cm and 10x15 cm (the largest size is fairly unusual). It is metal-bodied, with leather covering. In some (but not all) examples, 'Bergheil' is impressed in the leather of the focusing screen, and/or in the carrying handle. | The '''Bergheil''' is a series of well-specified folding plate cameras made by [[Voigtländer]] in Braunschweig (Brunswick) from 1911 until the Second World War.<REF>These dates are given in [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 a range of smaller plate sizes: 4.5x6 cm, 6.5x9 cm, 9x12 cm and 10x15 cm (the largest size is fairly unusual). It is metal-bodied, with leather covering. In some (but not all) examples, 'Bergheil' is impressed in the leather of the focusing screen, and/or in the carrying handle. | ||
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| − | | 4. | + | | 4.5×6 cm ('Baby') Bergheil with a Radiar lens and<br/>dial-set Compur shutter.<br /><small>Pictures by {{image author|eBayer Yalluflex}}.</small> {{with permission}} |
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| − | The example shown here | + | The 4.5x6 cm example shown here has a ''square-cornered'' front standard, only seen on early cameras, and an unusual square front to the brilliant finder. McKeown shows early examples in other plate-sizes with a standard like this (it is also seen on some exaples of the [[Avus]]). The bed-struts are also of the earlier type. McKeown also shows a 4.5x6 cm camera with the later and more common U-shaped standard, as seen on the 6.5x9 cm example above. |
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| + | |image_text= Early 4.5x6 cm Bergheil, with plate-holders<br/>and a film-pack adapter. | ||
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==Bergheil De Luxe== | ==Bergheil De Luxe== | ||
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| − | | colspan=2 | Voigtländer Bergheil Luxus, 4×6. | + | | colspan=2 | Voigtländer Bergheil Luxus, 4×6.5 cm, 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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| − | 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. | + | 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 4.5x6 cm size. |
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| − | | colspan=2 |Bergheil 6. | + | | colspan=2 |Bergheil 6.5×9 cm, with green leather, interchangeable 10.5 cm f/3.5 Heliar and 25.5 cm f/6.3 Tele-Dynar lenses<br/>and rim-set Compur shutter. 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 same black-painted fittings as the standard Bergheil. These are often described as 'de luxe' cameras. McKeown dates them 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. | + | There are also cameras with textured ''green'' leather covering and bellows, but with the same black-painted fittings as the standard Bergheil. These are often described as 'de luxe' cameras. McKeown dates them 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'' 6.5x9 cm and 9x12 cm 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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[[Category: German 9x12 folding]] | [[Category: German 9x12 folding]] | ||
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The Bergheil is a series of well-specified folding plate cameras made by Voigtländer in Braunschweig (Brunswick) from 1911 until the Second World War.[1] It was available for a range of smaller plate sizes: 4.5x6 cm, 6.5x9 cm, 9x12 cm and 10x15 cm (the largest size is fairly unusual). It is metal-bodied, with leather covering. In some (but not all) examples, 'Bergheil' is impressed in the leather of the focusing screen, and/or in the carrying handle.
Standard model
The standard Bergheil cameras are covered with black leather, and have black bellows, for most of the period they were made (for a few years after 1932, the 6.5x9 cm and 9x12 cm cameras were only made with green leather[2] (see below; these cameras are often described as 'de luxe', and are discussed here with the true de luxe model).
Most examples seen have a Compur shutter; early ones may be seen with a Compound, 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 are interchangeable (attached with a bayonet), to allow the use of a long-focus lens. All the cameras have double-extension bellows, which would facilitate both a long-focus lens and close focus with the standard lens. The (fixed) lenses available on earlier cameras included the Collinear, a double-anastigmat; it should be possible to remove the front group of such a lens, and use the rear group as a long-focus lens.
The cameras have rack-and-pinion bellows focusing, with a focusing knob on each side of the front of the bed in most examples. 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 red or yellow 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 (only on early cameras) on the side of the body.
The examples shown here show two different styles of bed strut; the curved style on the camera shown to the right is the later one. McKeown states that this style was used from about 1927; he shows some earlier examples with simpler, straight struts.[2]
 
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The 4.5x6 cm example shown here has a square-cornered front standard, only seen on early cameras, and an unusual square front to the brilliant finder. McKeown shows early examples in other plate-sizes with a standard like this (it is also seen on some exaples of the Avus). The bed-struts are also of the earlier type. McKeown also shows a 4.5x6 cm camera with the later and more common U-shaped standard, as seen on the 6.5x9 cm example above.
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Bergheil De Luxe
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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 4.5x6 cm size.
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There are also cameras with textured green leather covering and bellows, but with the same black-painted fittings as the standard Bergheil. These are often described as 'de luxe' cameras. McKeown dates them 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 6.5x9 cm and 9x12 cm 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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Notes
- ↑ These dates are given in notes on the Bergheil at Early Photography.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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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