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The Alpin[1] are horizontal folding bed plate cameras made by Voigtländer (Braunschweig/Germany) from 1907 to 1928.[2] 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, the latter for panorama and stereo imagery) and offered in a wide variety of lens combinations.
The design of the Voigtländer Alpin influenced other camera manufacturers to create similar cameras. A close copy of the second version is Rokuoh Sha's' horizontal Lily which was offered from 1916 to 1930. Similar developments are the Ica Toska 9x12 and (10 x 15, panorama & stereo 1914), the Bentzin Rechteck Primar (10 x 15 stereo, ~1912), and the Laack ¶¶ (9x12 and stereo).
check Neat Lily end date of offering in my Rokuoh Sha Catalogues.
see also this so far unidentified French horizontal folding bed camera (mine): possibly a German body (note the focussing wheel INSIDE the front plate has French-supplied Berthiot Special 105mm f/4.5 (sn # 502651) in Gitzo 2R shutter http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/5464782666/
Contents
9x12 format
The rectangular front standard of the camera has a flat upper and lower margin and allows for rise and fall. Lateral movements are no enabled.
The camera has two tripod sockets, one on the base and one on the left hand side of the camera.
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
This model has a pop-up Newton finder at the top left, which, when folded down, is fully 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.
Normal extension only ?
comment that the inside of the folding bed is exposed metal and ornamented with a pattern
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 Kazutaka Tsutsui on Flickr; see also Alpin Collinear III f/6.8 12cm in Koilos Breker March 2006, Lot 122 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, with an embossed 'Voigtländer' name tag, is at the right hand side of the body. The fold-out cover for the focussing screen is embossed „Alpin”. The catch for the front door is released by pressing a button on the top plate. The second extension is moved via a large focussing wheel at the right fore edge of the fold-down front door. This model was produced until 1928.[3]
Sales History
Based on available catalogues and advertisements in journals and newspapers, the Alpin was formally distributed in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the USA, and ¶¶.The distribution structure is not fully clear, but it would appear that from 1911 to about 1926 Voigtländer handled its own distribution of the Alpin rather than relying of major local distributors. Indeed, the situation in France was sich that Voigtländer was apparently not stocked by the main French camera houses until 1927/28 [4]. Thus there are no listings for the Alpin in the catalogues of any of the major Paris retailers such as Omnium-Photo, Photo-Hall, Photo-Plait, Photo-Sport or Tiranty. The only French listings of the Alpin that could be found occurred pre World War I, contained in the catalogue of the mail order house Manufacture Français d'Armes et Cycles de Saint-Ètienne[5]
PRICES (for endnotes) GERMANY Collinear f/6.3 12cm in Koilos: 1912–RMk 230 (1912 Advertisement); Dynar f/5.5 135mm in Koilos: 1912–RMk 205 (1912 Advertisement); UNITED KINGDOM Dynar f/5.5 4¾inch [=12cm] in Compound: 1910–£10/5 1914–£10/5 Dynar f/5.5 5 3/8inch [=13.5cm] in Compound: 1910–£10/15 1914–£10/15 Dynar f/5.5 15cm in Compound: 1910–£11/5 Collinear f/6.3 4¾inch [=12cm] in Compound: 1910–£11/14 1914–£11/10 Collinear f/6.3 12cm in Koilos: 1910–£11/14 ( Collinear f/6.3 5¼inch [=13.5cm] in Compound: 1910–£12/4 1914–£12 Sources: 1910–Voigtländer Catalogue 1910, p. 85; 1914–British Journal Almanac 1914, p. 1119; USA Collinear f/6.3 in Koilos: 1908–US$ 60 (Burr McIntosh Monthly (New York), vol. 18 nº 69, December 1908).— Collinear f/6.3 in Compur: 19xx—US$ 75 (Advertisement Motion Picture Apparatus Co, New York) Heliar f/4.5 135mm in Compur: 19xx—US$ 80 (Advertisement Motion Picture Apparatus Co, New York) FRANCE Collinear f/6.3 in Koilos: 1908 & 1909–FFrancs 263; 1910–FFrancs 300 Dynar f/5.5 135mm in Koilos: 1908 & 1909–FFrancs 220; 1910–FFrancs 258 Sources 1908-1910: Catalogue Manufacture Français d'Armes et Cycles de Saint-Ètienne 1908, p. 587; 1909, p. 475; 1910, p. 526.— SWITZERLAND Kollinear III f/6.8 132mm in Compur: 1927–CHF 276 Dynar f/5.5 135mm in Compur: 1927–CHF 264 Heliar f/4.5 135mm in Compur: 1927–CHF 294 Collinear Satzanastigmat with 6 different focal lengths f/7 to f/12.5: 1927–CHF 366 Sources: 1927–Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 124
Variants
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 script set at 30° inclination: „Alpin” at left and Voigtländer (with top swirl from the 'r' ) at right (1914–1930)
The new Alpin was first advertised in the German press 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) Collinear III f/6.3 132mm (sn 101698) in Compur lens date:1909 eBay 120953995217 (July 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 12cm (sn 101422) in Koilos lens date:1908 eBay 350485857317 (September 2011) Collinear III f/6.8 4¾inch (sn 105058) in Compound lens date:1909 Kazutaka Tsutsui via Flickr Collinear III f/6.8 132mm (sn 98496) in Compound lens date:1908 Photo Rahn Photographica Auction 5 Lot 424 Collinear III f/6.8 132mm (sn 103198) in Compound lens date:1909 W Boisen via Flickr 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 Dynar f/5.5 12cm (sn 88592) in Koilos lens date:1907 Pierre Dalger
„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 Kazutaka Tsutsui via Flickr 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) Collinear III f/6.3 12cm in Compur http://camerascollection.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/voigtlander-alpin.html Kollinear III f/6.8 132mm (sn 134783) in Compur lens date: 1915 Fotoauktioner Auktion 26, October, 2012, Lot 191 Kollinear III f/6.8 132mm (sn 138148) in Compur lens date: 1916 http://www.cinci.de/einzel/101.html Kollinear III f/6.8 132mm (sn 140305) in Compur lens date: 1917 http://www.cinci.de/einzel/101.html Kollinear III f/6.8 132mm (sn 161564) in Compur lens date: 1921 ebay 180864519313 (April 2012) Collinear III f/6.8 132mm in Compur eBay 270910952019 (February 2012) Voigtar f/6.3 10.5cm [6]
Goerz (Berlin) Dagor 130 mm lens ebay 370341407741 April 2010
Lens options
This version of the Alpin was offered in various focal ranges, broadly speaking 120mm, 135mm and 150mm, all set in Compound, Koilos or Compur shutters:
105mm
- Voigtar f/6.3 10.5cm[7]
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 Bausch & Lomb Automat shutter
- Triple Anastigmat f/7 120mm
4¾inch (120.5 mm)
- Kollinear II.2 f/5.4 4¾inch
132mm
135mm
- Dynar f/5.5 135mm
- Heliar f/4.5 135mm
- Triple Anastigmat f/7 135mm
150mm
- Dynar f/5.5 150mm
- Triple Anastigmat f/7 150mm
Varied
Version 3, Alpin Rapid (~1925)
Protoype.[14] A camera with red, single extension bellows. The fold-down front bed has a deep recess to allow for the bulging Skopar in Turbo Shutter. The canera has red spirit-filled bubble levels on top and on left side. An expandable waist-level viewfinder mounted on the top of the camera. Fitted with Anastigmat Skopar f/4.5 13.5cm in Voigtländer Turbo Shutter
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 an apex, while the glass has red cross-hairs etched in.
10x15 no text on front board Collinear f/6.3 (sn 97983) in Compound lens date: 1907 Christies Sale 7145, March 1996, Lot 337 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 as a 'postcard' camera in three focal length, 165mm, 180mm and 210mm, all set in Compound or Compur shutters:
Prices SWITZERLAND Collinear f/6.3 165mm in Compur 1927: CHF 404 Dynar f/5.5 165mm in Compur 1927: CHF 390 Heliar f/4.5 165mm in Compur 1927: CHF 442 Heliar f/4.5 180mm in Compur 1927: CHF 462 Heliar f/4.5 210mm in Compound 1927: CHF 526 Collinear Satzanastigmat with 6 different focal lengths, f.6.3 to f/12.5 1927: CHF 492 ().— Sources: 1927—Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 125
UNITED KINGDOM Collinear f/5.5 15cm [=6 inch] in Compound: 1910–£17/10 (Voigtländer Catalogue 1910, p. 88); 1914–£15/5 (British Journal Almanac 1914, p. 1119);
165mm
180mm
210mm
Varied
10x15 format Stereo
The stereo version became available in 1911 and was offered until the end of production in 1928.[21]
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.[22]
UNITED KINGDOM Collinear f/5.5 6inch in Compound: x2 1910–£21/10 (Voigtländer Catalogue 1910, p. 88); 1914–£19/5 (British Journal Almanac 1914, p. 1119); Collinear f/5.5 6inch in Compound: x3 1910–£29/10 (Voigtländer Catalogue 1910, p. 88); 1914–£27/5 (British Journal Almanac 1914, p. 1119);
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1908: 9x12 model with Koilos shutter (U.S. Advertisement 1908)(Image rights) |
1911: 10 x15 model with Compound shutter (German Advertisement 1911) (Image rights) |
Notes and References
- ↑ Spelled 'Alpine' in U.S. advertisements
- ↑ Still listed in Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 124-125.—No longer included in the 1930 Voigtländer catalogue ('Sein Stolz, eine Voigtländer.' Nr 2308/430. Braunschweig: Voigtländer & Sohn.
- ↑ No longer included in the 1930 catalogue ('Sein Stolz, eine Voigtländer.' Nr 2308/430. Braunschweig: Voigtländer & Sohn.
- ↑ The only exception are the irregular listings of the Voigtländer Stereoflektoscop.
- ↑ Manufacture Français d'Armes et Cycles de Saint-Ètienne 1908, p. 587; 1909, p. 475; 1910, p. 526.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 124.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 124.
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 124.
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 124.
- ↑ From the former Voigtländer-Museum in Braunschweig. Breker September 2006, Lot 175; Breker Mach 2009, Lot 127
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 125.
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 125.
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 125.
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 125.
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 125.
- ↑ Hausamann & Co (1927) Hand- und Preisbuch. St. Gallen (Switzerland): Hausamann & Co. p. 125.
- ↑ No longer included in the 1930 catalogue ('Sein Stolz, eine Voigtländer.' Nr 2308/430. Braunschweig: Voigtländer & Sohn.
- ↑ 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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