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| − | The [[Voigtländer]] '''Alpin''' are horizontal folding bed plate cameras made from 1907 to 1928. The cameras had double | + | The [[Voigtländer]] '''Alpin''' are horizontal folding bed plate cameras made from 1907 to 1928. The cameras had double and later triple extension bellows. A ''Teletubus'' with 2½× magnification could be mounted inside the unfolded camera. Tourists liked the camera because it was quite compact when folded, provided a horizontal format suitable for landscapes and group photographs, and it was made of light metal. It was produced in two plate sizes (9x12 and 10x15) and offered in a wide variety of lens combinations. |
Two main formats were offered, 9x12 and 10x15, the latter for panorama and stereo imagery. | Two main formats were offered, 9x12 and 10x15, the latter for panorama and stereo imagery. | ||
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Voigtländer Alpin Specifications
- Manufacturer: Voigtländer
- Country: Germany
- Years Produced: 1907 - 1929
- Body Type: Metal Folding
- Film Type: Plate 9x12, 10x15
- Lens Type: Multiple
- Shutter Type: Compound, Koilos 300 or Compur 250
- Flash Type: None
The Voigtländer Alpin are horizontal folding bed plate cameras made from 1907 to 1928. The cameras had double and later triple extension bellows. A Teletubus with 2½× magnification could be mounted inside the unfolded camera. Tourists liked the camera because it was quite compact when folded, provided a horizontal format suitable for landscapes and group photographs, and it was made of light metal. It was produced in two plate sizes (9x12 and 10x15) and offered in a wide variety of lens combinations.
Two main formats were offered, 9x12 and 10x15, the latter for panorama and stereo imagery.
The design of the Voigtländer Alpin influenced other camera manufacturers to create similar designs. A close copy is Rokuoh Sha's' horizontal Lily ( (リリー) offered from 1916 to 1930.
check Neat Lily end date of offering in my Rokuoh Sha Catalogues.
9x12 format
The front standard of the camera allows for rise and fall.
DISCUSS spelling Kollinear vs Collinear
Find these refs: BJA 1906, p. 1370B; BJA 1907, pp. 904, 1347; BJA 1909, p. 1119; BJA 1910, p. 1068; BJA 1912, p. 1076; BJA 1913, pp. 740, 1098; BJA 1925, p. 746.
Müller, Klaus-D. (XXXX) Voigtländer & Sohn Optische Anstalt Braunschweig. Objektive und Apparate 1840 - 1939. Photographica Bibliothek vol. 3, p. 186, 187, 249 The Camera vol. 18, p. 753
Version 1, 1905-07
The camera has a fold-up Newton finder at the top left, which, when folded down, is inside the casing. The finder frame is quadrangular with a thin cross-hair etched in. There appears to be no aiming device at the rear of the camera.
CHECK ACCURATE WHEN FOLDED DOWN< ASK
The first version introduced in 1905 carried the name of the camera between (German-style) quotation marks („Alpin”) at the top left of the front standard, and the name and place of the manufacturer at the top right as a two-line inscription (Voigtländer | Braunschweig)
„Alpin” normal script and Voigtländer | Braunschweig normal script Collinear III f/6.8 12cm (sn 83546) in Koilos lens date:1906 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergheil/5845605220/ Collinear III f/6.3 12cm in Koilos Alpin at Japanese site [1] Collinear III f/6.3 12cm in Compound http://camerascollection.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/voigtlander-alpin.html Voigtländer Cooke Linse (sn 90101) in Koilos lens date:1907 http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/888527 Breker April 2005 Lot 231 (red bellows)
Lens options
The first version of the Alpin was offered with three focal lengths, 120mm, 135mm and 150mm, all set in either B&L Automat, Compound or Koilos shutters:
120mm
- Collinear f/6.3 120mm
- Dynar f/5.5 120mm
- Triple Anastigmat f/7 120mm
135mm
- Collinear f/6.3 135mm
- Dynar f/5.5 135mm
- Triple Anastigmat f/7 135mm
150mm
- Dynar f/5.5 150mm
- Triple Anastigmat f/7 150mm
Version 2, 1908-28
The camera has a fold-up Newton finder at the top left, which, when folded down, is external, but flush with the casing. The top of the finder frame has a an apex, while the glass has red cross-hairs etched in. The leather hand strap is at the right hand side of the body.
Three lettering variations of the front standard have been observed:
Lettering Type A: normal script: „Alpin” at left and Voigtländer (with 'Braunschweig' below) at right (~1908)
Lettering Type B: running script horizontal: „Alpin” at left and Voigtländer (with top swirl from the 'r' ) at right (1909–1914)
Lettering Type C: running scrip set at 30° inclinationt: „Alpin” at left and Voigtländer (with top swirl from the 'r' ) at right (1904–1930)
New Alpin advertised in 1909
„Alpin” normal script and Voigtländer | Braunschweig normal script Collinear III f/6.3 132mm (sn 99071) in Compound lens date:1908 eBay 320965243662 (August 2012) Dynar f/5.5 120mm in Koilos http://voigtlander.pagesperso-orange.fr/anglais/alpinA.htm
„Alpin” running script horizontal, and Voigtländer running script horizontal Collinear III f/6.8 132mm (sn 103198) in Compound lens date:1909 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wboisen/5034923691/ Collinear III f/6.8 4¾inch (sn 105058) in Compound lens date:1909 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergheil/5845614600/ Collinear IIInº2 f/6.8 4¾inch (sn 84424) in Koilos lens date:1906 eBay 200800224776 (August 2012) with US Patent nº Dynar f/5.5 12cm (sn 84815) in B&L Automat lens date:1906 http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C301.html
„Alpin” running script 30° inclination, and Voigtländer with top swirl from the 'r' running script 30° inclination Heliar f/4.5 13.5cm (sn 169120) in Compur lens date: 1921 http://www.cinci.de/einzel/59.html Heliar f/4.5 13.5cm (sn 176778) in Compur lens date: 1922 ebay Feb 2012 Heliar f/4.5 13.5cm (sn 189992) in Compur lens date: 1922 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergheil/5845612450/ Heliar f/4.5 13.5cm in Compur http://retronom.hu/node/22412 Kollinear II.2 f/5.4 4¾inch (sn 127131) in Compur lens date: 1914 eBay 350589311980 (August 2012) Kollinear III f/6.8 132mm (sn 140305) in Compur lens date: 1917 http://www.cinci.de/einzel/101.html Collinear III f/6.3 12cm in Compur http://camerascollection.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/voigtlander-alpin.html Collinear III f/6.8 132mm in Compur eBay 270910952019 (February 2012) Voigtar f/6.3 10.5cm [1]
Lens options
The Alpin was offered in various focal ranges, broadly speaking 120mm, 135mm and 150mm, all set in Compound or Koilos shutters:
105mm
- Voigtar f/6.3 10.5cm[2]
WHAT IS THAT 105 version? not on record so far, local adapation? front standard has Alpin on it..would the 105 cover 9x12?
120mm
- Collinear f/6.3 120mm
- Dynar f/5.5 120mm
- in B&L Automat
- Triple Anastigmat f/7 120mm
4¾inch (120.5 mm)
- Kollinear II.2 f/5.4 4¾inch
132mm
- Kollinear III f/6.8 132mm
- in Koilos[3]
135mm
150mm
- Dynar f/5.5 150mm
- Triple Anastigmat f/7 150mm
Varied
- Collinear Satzanastigmat with 6 different focal lengths
10 x15 format
Soon after the introduction of the 9x12 model, Voigtländer realised that there was a market for a wider format, more suitable for landscapes and group photographs. In consequence, the 10 x 15 version was introduced.
The camera has a fold-up Newton finder in the center, which, when folded down, is external, but flush with the casing. The top of the finder frame has a an apex, while the glass has red cross-hairs etched in.
10x15 no text on front board Collinear f/6.3 16.5cm (sn 132247) in Compur lens date: 1914 http://www.blende-und-zeit.sirutor-und-compur.de/thread.php?board=1&thread=5 Collinear f/12.5 15cm (sn 618505) lens date:~1930 Westlicht nº 4, November 2003, Lot 360
Version 1, 1908-26
Lens options
The camera was offered in three focal lengths, 165mm, 180mm and 210mm, all set in either Compound or Koilos shutters:
165mm
180mm
- Heliar f/4.5 180mm
210mm
- Heliar f/4.5 210mm
Varied
- Collinear Satzanastigmat with 6 different focal lengths
Version 2, 1926-28
Lens options
The camera was offered in three focal length, 165mm, 180mm and 210mm, all set in Compound or Koilos shutter:
165mm
- Dynar f/5.5 165mm
- Heliar f/4.5 165mm
180mm
- Heliar f/4.5 180mm
210mm
- Heliar f/4.5 210mm
Varied
- Collinear Satzanastigmat with 6 different focal lengths
10x15 format Stereo
The stereo version became available in 1911 and was offered until the end of production in 1928. It came in two versions, the pure stereo with dual lens an shutters and a three-lens version that allowed to take both stereo and (via a centrally placed lens) also panorama images. The body of the stereo camera was the same as that of the 10 x 15 format camera, with the exception that the stereo camera had a light tight partition to allow for two exposures (removable in the case of the three-lens version).
Double Lens:
Two Collinear f/6.3 105mm in Stereo Compur shutter for the stereo option.
Triple Lens:
Two Collinear f/6.3 105mm in Stereo Compur shutter for the stereo option and a centrally located Collinear III f/6.8 150mm for the Panorama option.[5]
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Notes and References
- ↑ Seen in an on-line auction, Yahoo Japan, October 2012
- ↑ Seen in an on-line auction, Yahoo Japan, October 2012.
- ↑ Catalogue Manufacture Français d'Armes et Cycles de Saint-Ètienne 1908, p. 587; 1909, p. 475; 1910, p. 526 (catalogue page depicted in the catalogue section of the Alpin entry at Sylvain Halgand's site).
- ↑ Catalogue Manufacture Français d'Armes et Cycles de Saint-Ètienne 1908, p. 587; 1909, p. 475; 1910, p. 526 (catalogue page depicted in the catalogue section of the Alpin entry at Sylvain Halgand's site).
- ↑ Auktion Team Köln April 2002 Lot 831.— Collinear f/6.3 105mm (sn 112812 & 112813) Collinear III f/6.8 150mm (sn 112814) Westlicht 13, June 2008, Lot 498.—
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