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The '''Bergheil''' was a [[folding]] plate drop-bed camera for the ambitious amateur. It was produced from 1911 to 1930 by [[Voigtländer]] in Braunschweig. It was available in different film formats. There is a brilliant finder for vertical pictures and a sports finder for horizontal images. | The '''Bergheil''' was a [[folding]] plate drop-bed camera for the ambitious amateur. It was produced from 1911 to 1930 by [[Voigtländer]] in Braunschweig. 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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| − | + | 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 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 from 1911 to 1930 by Voigtländer in Braunschweig. 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) |
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) | |
Links
In English:
In English and German:
In German:
- Heliar lenses in the German Wikipedia
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