Prominent (35mm)
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N.b. there is also an earlier folding Voigtländer Prominent.
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The Voigtländer Prominent is a leaf shutter rangefinder camera featuring interchangeable lenses ( the first of this type was AkArette Apparate & Kamerabau 1947) and not as written at [1]. It was introduced by German manufacturer Voigtländer in 1950, in competition with Leicas and Contaxes, and withdrawn in 1960.
The Prominent was upgraded in 1956 - adding lever wind[2].
The replacement Prominent II was introduced in 1958. This had a redesigned top-plate, and the viewfinder had bright-lines for 35,50,100 and 150mm lenses.
- ↑ according to UK Camera.com
- ↑ McKeown
- Manufacturer: Voigtländer
- Country of Origin: Germany
- Film: 35mm
- Shutter: Synchro-Compur or Compur-Rapid
- Lens: (standard): Ultron 50mm/f2 or Nokton 50mm/f1.5 (interchangeable)
Links
- Prominent at UK Camera
- Prominent among CameraQuest's Classic Camera Profiles
- Prominent at www.collection-appareils.com
- Prominent section at Retrography.com by Simon Simonsen, Denmark.
