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Voigtländer Vitessa L (type 140) images by Siim Vahur (Image rights)

The Vitessa is an innovative 35mm folding rangefinder camera made by Voigtländer in the 1950s. The folding bed of earlier folders is replaced by a barn-door assembly.
Focusing is operated by the user's right thumb via a wheel on the back of the top plate, with a distance dial, scale focus pictograms, (and depth-of-field scale) on top of the wheel. The film advance, which cocks the shutter automatically, is operated with a large plunger rod sticking out of the top plate, that can be pushed down when the camera is folded. The unique barn-doors^[1] led to the camera being nick-named 'Scheunentor' (barn) in Germany. There are other nicknames of Vitessa, e.g. 'Lighthouse', after the unique plunger rod.

The Vitessa shows a superb quality fit and finish, Its design and mechanics are unique in its class, like Voigtländer Prominent's unique design. Voigtländer Vitessa is the most elegant 35mm Folder camera. The Vitessa range has several versions and models.

A number of variations were made to the camera during its production. The very first models did not have strap lugs nor automatic parallax correction. The most expensive models had a 50mm f/2 Ultron (6 elements in 4 groups) lens, the others a 50mm f/3.5 or f/2.8 Color-Skopar (4 elements in 3 groups) , they share a push-on filter and lenshood diameter of 34.5mm. Vitessas were equiped with a Compur-Rapid or Synchro-Compur shutter with speeds 1 - 1/500 second, plus 'B', with later models using the EV system which links the aperture and shutter scales, so that once a combination of these has been set, the camera can rapidly be moved between equivalent exposure combinations; a system popular in the 1950s. The later models have an uncoupled selenium meter which also uses the EV system and letter designations instead of DIN/ASA values.

As with other Voigtländer camera names, the name 'Vitessa' was reused later. At the end of the 1960s, Zeiss Ikon/Voigtländer made a series of compact 35mm cameras called the Vitessa 500 and 126 film cameras called the Vitessa 126.

Vitessa in Flash Case
image by Richard Bugg (Image rights)

Voigtländer Vitessa models

There are four principal Vitessa models.^[2] ^[3]

Voigtländer Vitessa A

Produced between 1950-54
There are 5 versions

Vitessa A version 1

Shutter: Compur-Rapid 1-1/500
Flash PC socket on the lens, old type
Back cover: not fully removable, film pressure plate connected to body, not to back cover
Removable accessory shoe
Strap lugs: none

Vitessa A version 2

Filter: screw thread
Manual parallax correction
Shutter: Compur-Rapid
Flash PC socket on the lens, old type
Back cover: removable and with pressure plate connected to it

Voigtländer Vitessa A version 1
image by Adrian Vesa (Image rights)

Cold shoe: none
Strap lugs: none

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Vitessa A version 3

Parallax correction become automatic
Flash PC socket on the lens, old type
Cold shoe: none
Strap lugs

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Vitessa A version 4

Fixed accessory shoe

Voigtländer Vitessa A version 5 (c.1956) w/Color-Skopar 50mm f/3.5
image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights)

Flash PC socket on the barn door, modern type

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Vitessa A version 5

Synchro-Compur leaf shutter, 1-1/500
Back cover: removable
Strap lugs
Cold shoe

Voigtländer Vitessa N

Introduced in 1954
There are 2 versions
Filter: bayonet mount
Synchro-Compur LVS shutter

Voigtländer Vitessa N
image by OZBOX (Image rights)

EV 3-18
Self-timer
Flash PC socket on the barn door
Automatic parallax correction
Strap lugs
Fixed accessory shoe
Lenses Ultron 50mm f/2 and Color-Skopar 50mm f/3,5

Vitessa N version 1

Speeds ring & aperture ring not coupled
External rangefinder window square

Vitessa N version 2

Speeds ring & aperture ring coupled

Voigtländer Vitessa L

Produced between 1954-57
There are 5 versions
Bayonet filter mount
Synchro-Compur LVS shutter 1-1/500
Self-timer
Flash PC socket on the barn door
Automatic parallax correction
Strap lugs
Fixed accessory shoe
Incorporated meter ABCDEF ASA 6-200 (last models BCDEFG ASA 12-400)

Vitessa L version 1

Voigtländer Vitessa L version 1 (1955) w/Ultron 50mm f/2.0, with meter
image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Voigtländer Vitessa L version 1 (1955) w/Ultron 50mm f/2.0, with meter
image by Howard Sandler (Image rights)

Vitessa L version 1 specifications

Lens: Ultron 50mm f/2.0, six element, bayonet filter mount
- Aperture: f/2 - f/22, setting: dial and manual setting lever on the lens-shutter barrel
- Focus range: 3.3 - 60 feet (1-18m) +inf
- Focus distance and DOF scale: a rotating dial when focusing, on the top plate
Focusing: match the rangefinder images in the finder
- Via a thumb wheel on back right side of the top plate
Shutter: Synchro-Compur leaf shutter, speeds: 1-1/500 +B
Aperture and speeds are coupled and turning the speeds ring also turns the aperture setting
Exposure meter: Selenium cell
- Flat chequered (square) window
- Based on the Exposure Value, needle window on the right of the top plate
- Metering range ABCDEF (6-200 ASA) and EV 2-19
- Exposure setting: after reading your film's ASA's corresponding letter from the plate which shows A to F letters near the needle window
- Set this letter to EV number dial in the window turning the knob on the back far right side of the top plate,
- Then read the EV that matches with the needle and apply this EV number to the EV numbers dial by turning the speeds ring for the correct exposure
- If the EV is out of the speeds range, turn and set again the aperture manually by lifting its lever to fit exact EV
- EV numbers dial: accordig to combined aperture-speed settings is on front of the lens-shutter barrel, aperture setting lever points them
Cocking device: a long Combi-plunger rod, also winds the film, on left side of the top plate,
- Always depress the Combi-plunger as far as it will go and then let it come out completely, could be retracted when the bellows-doors closed, push down until it clicks
Frame counter: advance type, manual setting when the back cover removed
- The frame count is in a window on left front of the camera,
Shutter release: on the top plate, right side, w/ cable release socket
View finder: coupled viewfinder/rangefinder, Parallax corrected
Re-wind: a folding lever on the bottom plate, right side
- Its shaft has a small red line on it., and must rotate once when advancing the film
Re-wind release: a small knob, on the bottom plate
Flash PC socket: on the left side of the bellows-door, synchro. all speeds,
- X and M settings via the MXV lever and dial on the lens-shutter barrel
Self-timer: setting via MXV lever and dial on the lens-shutter barrel, V for the self-timer
Opening the bellows-doors: pressing the shutter release, cocking plunger will raise also
- Closing the bellows: pushing simutaneously onto the red semi-lunar pressure marks on front of the lens, on 12 and 6 o'clock
There is a small folding supporter piece for standing straight of the camera, just beneath the right door
Back cover: removable, completely detaches with bottom plate and front plates of the body, opens via a folding latch on center of the bottom plate, turns 90 degrees
Others: Memory dial; Cold-shoe; Tripod socket 1/4inch; Strap lugs

Voigtländer Vitessa L version 1 (1955) w/Ultron 50mm f/2.0

Images by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Vitessa L version 2

Shutter: Synchro-Compur 1-1/500 (on all versions of Vitessa L)
Light meter's window texture: bubble
Metering range: 6-200 ASA (EV 2-19)

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Vitessa L version 3

Light meter's window texture: bubble
Metering range: BCDEFG (12-400 ASA)

Vitessa L version 4

Lens: Color-Skopar f/2.8
Light meter's window texture: flat chequered
Metering range: 6-200 ASA (EV 2-19)

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Vitessa L version 5

Light meter's window texture: flat chequered
Metering range: 6-200 ASA (EV 2-19)

Voigtländer Vitessa T

image by Paulo Moreira (Image rights)

Voigtländer Vitessa T w/ Color-Skopar 1:2.8/50 lens
image by Jerry Vacl (Image rights)

The folding Vitessa was replaced by the rigid Vitessa T. It was based on the folding Vitessa models, and retained their basic body but without the barn-door, their rangefinder, uncoupled selenium meter and the plunger rod advance mechanism. But the Vitessa T had a rigid body, and used the DKL-mount for interchangeable lenses in front of a Synchro-Compur leaf shutter. Focusing is by a ring around the lens, as usual but unlike the folding Vitessa that have a wheel operated by the right thumb.

Braun BRAUN-Radiogon 1:4/35 and Voigtländer Dynaret 1:4,8/100
images by Alf Sigaro (Image rights)

There are 3 versions
Introduced in 1957
Lenses: Interchangeable, Vitessa T original lens range was quite limited
- Color-Skopar 50/2.8 standard lens
- Skoparet 35/3.4 wide angle lens
- Dynaret 100/4.8 medium tele lens
- Super-Dynaret 135/4 tele lens
- But all the lenses made for the Braun Super Colorette can be used on the Vitessa T, like Steinheil Cassarit 50/2.8
Shutter: Synchro-Compur leaf shutter 1-1/500
Self-timer
Flash PC socket: on front of the camera
Automatic parallax correction
Sometimes with strap lugs sometimes not
Cold shoe
Incorporated meter ABCDEF ASA 6-200 (last models BCDEFG ASA 12-400)

Vitessa T with detached lens (DKL-mount)
image by Christoph Batz (Image rights)

Voigtländer Vitessa T w/ Color-Skopar 1:3.5/50
image by Lightshaper (Image rights)

Notes

↑ The 1937 Glunz Ingo also had folding barn doors.
↑ In this page Vitessa series classification, typing and info , according to Massimo Bertacchi
↑ These Vitessa models are also called type 125, 133 (140) and 134 in p.964 of 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).

Links

General links

In English:

User manuals at Butkus.org :
Voigtländer Camera Collection by Pierre Dalger (archived)
Voigtländer Vitessa, an extraordinary rangefinder! at Massimo Bertacchi's site

In German:

Voigtländer Vitessa by Manfred Beutel
Vitessa at Peter Lausch's camera site (archived)
Meine Voigtländer-Sammlung by Hans Lißberger (archived)
Vitessa and Vitessa T pages at Dietrich Drescher's Voigtländer website (incomplete archive websites)

In French:

Voigtländer Camera Collection by Pierre Dalger (archived)
Vitessa 125, Vitessa 500 AE, Vitessa N, Vitessa L, Vitessa T, Vitessa 500 S, Vitessa 126 CS at Sylvain Halgand's Collection d'Appareils

In Japanese:

Vitessa museum at www.cameraguild.jp (archived)

Repair notes

Rangefinder adjustment by Stuart Willis at kyphoto.com via Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine
Shutter/wind problems repair at Robert Ian Axford's Camera Works

[1] The 1937 Glunz Ingo also had folding barn doors.

[2] In this page Vitessa series classification, typing and info , according to Massimo Bertacchi

[3] These Vitessa models are also called type 125, 133 (140) and 134 in p.964 of 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).

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Voigtländer Vitessa models

Voigtländer Vitessa A

Vitessa A version 1

Vitessa A version 2

Vitessa A version 3

Vitessa A version 4

Vitessa A version 5

Voigtländer Vitessa N

Vitessa N version 1

Vitessa N version 2

Voigtländer Vitessa L

Vitessa L version 1

Vitessa L version 1 specifications

Vitessa L version 2

Vitessa L version 3

Vitessa L version 4

Vitessa L version 5

Voigtländer Vitessa T

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-The '''Vitessa''' is an innovative [[35mm]] [[folding camera|folding]] [[rangefinder camera]] made by [[Voigtländer]] in the 1950s. The folding bed of earlier folders is replaced by a barn-door assembly. The focusing is operated by the user's right thumb via a wheel on the back of the top plate, with a distance dial (and [[depth-of-field]] scale) set into the top plate. The [[film advance]], which cocks the shutter automatically, is operated with a large plunger rod sticking out of the top plate, that can be retracted when the camera is folded.
+The '''Vitessa''' is an innovative [[35mm]] [[folding camera|folding]] [[rangefinder camera]] made by [[Voigtländer]] in the 1950s. The folding bed of earlier folders is replaced by a barn-door assembly. <br>
+Focusing is operated by the user's right thumb via a wheel on the back of the top plate, with a distance dial, scale focus pictograms, (and [[depth-of-field]] scale) on top of the wheel. The [[film advance]], which cocks the shutter automatically, is operated with a large plunger rod sticking out of the top plate, that can be pushed down when the camera is folded. The unique barn-doors<ref>The 1937 Glunz [[Ingo]] also had folding barn doors.</ref> led to the camera being nick-named 'Scheunentor' (barn) in Germany. There are other nicknames of Vitessa, e.g. 'Lighthouse', after the unique plunger rod.
-A number of variations were made to the camera during its production. The very first models did not have strap lugs nor automatic [[parallax]] correction. The most expensive models had a 50mm f/2 Ultron lens, the others a 50mm f/3.5 or f/2.8 Color-Skopar. They all have a [[Compur|Compur-Rapid]] or Synchro-Compur shutter with speeds 1 - 1/500 second, plus 'B', with the [[Light and Exposure Values (LV & EV)|EV system]] which links the aperture and shutter scales, so that once a combination of these has been set, the camera can rapidly be moved between equivalent exposure combinations; a system popular in the 1950s. The later models have an uncoupled [[selenium meter]].
+__TOC__
-The Vitessa shows a superb quality fit and finish,  Its design and mechanics are unique in its class, like Voigtländer Prominent's unique design. Voigtländer Vitessa L is the most elegant 35mm Folder camera.
+The Vitessa shows a superb quality fit and finish,  Its design and mechanics are unique in its class, like Voigtländer Prominent's unique design. Voigtländer Vitessa is the most elegant 35mm Folder camera.
 The Vitessa range has several versions and models.
-The unique barn-doors led to the camera being nick-named 'Scheunentor' (barn) in Germany. There are other nicknames of Vitessa, e.g. 'Lighthouse', after the unique plunger rod.
+A number of variations were made to the camera during its production. The very first models did not have strap lugs nor automatic [[parallax]] correction. The most expensive models had a 50mm f/2 [[Ultron]] (6 elements in 4 groups) lens, the others a 50mm f/3.5 or f/2.8 Color-Skopar (4 elements in 3 groups) , they share a push-on filter and lenshood diameter of 34.5mm. Vitessas were equiped with a [[Compur|Compur-Rapid]] or Synchro-Compur shutter with speeds 1 - 1/500 second, plus 'B', with later models using the [[Light and Exposure Values (LV & EV)|EV system]] which links the aperture and shutter scales, so that once a combination of these has been set, the camera can rapidly be moved between equivalent exposure combinations; a system popular in the 1950s. The later models have an uncoupled [[selenium meter]] which also uses the EV system and letter designations instead of DIN/ASA values.
 As with other Voigtländer camera names, the name 'Vitessa' was reused later. At the end of the 1960s, [[Zeiss Ikon]]/Voigtländer made a series of [[compact camera|compact]] 35mm cameras called the '''Vitessa 500''' and [[126 film]] cameras called the '''Vitessa 126'''.
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 =Voigtländer Vitessa models=
 There are four principal Vitessa models.<ref>In this page [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/vitessa/vitessaeng.html Vitessa series classification, typing and info] , according to [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/ Massimo Bertacchi]</ref> <ref>These Vitessa models are also called type 125, 133 (140) and 134 in p.964 of {{McKeown12}}</ref>
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 ===Vitessa A version 1===
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 *Flash PC socket on the lens, old type
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 *Removable accessory shoe
 *Strap lugs: none
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 ===Vitessa A version 2===
 *Filter: screw thread
 *Manual parallax correction
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 *Flash PC socket on the lens, old type
 *Back cover: removable and with pressure plate connected to it
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 *Cold shoe: none
 *Strap lugs: none
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 ===Vitessa A version 3===
 *Parallax correction become automatic
 *Flash PC socket on the lens, old type
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 ===Vitessa A version 4===
 *Fixed accessory shoe
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+|image_by= Alf Sigaro
+|image_rights= non-commercial
+}}
 *Flash PC socket on the barn door, modern type
 Photo in [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/vitessa/vitessaA4Itipo.jpg Corsopolaris]
 ===Vitessa A version 5===
 *Synchro-Compur leaf shutter, 1-1/500
 *Back cover: removable
 *Strap lugs
 *Cold shoe
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 ==Voigtländer Vitessa N ==
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 *Filter: bayonet mount
 *Synchro-Compur LVS shutter
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 *EV 3-18
 *Self-timer
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 *Speeds ring & aperture ring not coupled
 *External rangefinder window square
-Photo in [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/vitessa/vitesN1.jpg Corsopolaris]
 ===Vitessa N version 2===
 *Speeds ring & aperture ring coupled
 ==Voigtländer Vitessa L==
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+|image_by= Süleyman Demir
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 **Flat chequered (square) window
 **Based on the Exposure Value, needle window on the right of the top plate
-**Metering range 6-200 ASA (EV 2-19)
+**Metering range ABCDEF (6-200 ASA) and EV 2-19
 **Exposure setting: after reading your film's  ASA's corresponding letter from the plate which shows A to F letters near the needle window
 **Set this letter to EV number dial in the window turning the knob on the back far right side of the top plate,
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 *Light meter's window texture: bubble
-*Metering range: 12-400 ASA
+*Metering range: BCDEFG (12-400 ASA)
 ===Vitessa L version 4===
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 ==Voigtländer Vitessa T==
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+{{brl}}
 The folding Vitessa was replaced by the rigid Vitessa T.
-It was based on the folding Vitessa models, and retained their basic body but without the barn-door, their rangefinder, uncoupled [[selenium meter]] and the plunger rod advance mechanism. But the Vitessa T had a rigid body, and interchangeable lenses in front of a [[Synchro-Compur]] leaf shutter. Focusing is by a ring around the lens, as usual but unlike the folding Vitessa that have a wheel operated by the right thumb.
+It was based on the folding Vitessa models, and retained their basic body but without the barn-door, their rangefinder, uncoupled [[selenium meter]] and the plunger rod advance mechanism. But the Vitessa T had a rigid body, and used the [[DKL-mount]] for interchangeable lenses in front of a [[Synchro-Compur]] leaf shutter. Focusing is by a ring around the lens, as usual but unlike the folding Vitessa that have a wheel operated by the right thumb.
 {{Flickr image
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+| image_source=https://www.flickr.com/photos/alf_sigaro/49666555927/in/pool-camerawiki
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 | image_align=right
-| image_text=Voigtländer Vitessa T w/Color-Skopar 50mm f/3.5
+| image_text=[[Braun]] BRAUN-Radiogon 1:4/35 and [[Voigtländer]] Dynaret 1:4,8/100
-|image_by= Lightshaper
+| image_by= Alf Sigaro
-|image_rights= with permission
+| image_rights= nc
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 *There are 3 versions
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 *Incorporated meter ABCDEF ASA 6-200 (last models BCDEFG ASA 12-400)
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+|image_align= left
+|image_text= '''Vitessa T''' with detached lens ([[DKL-mount]])
+|image_by= Christoph Batz
+|image_rights= cc
+}}
+{{Flickr image
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+| image_align=center
+| image_text=Voigtländer Vitessa T w/ Color-Skopar 1:3.5/50
+|image_by= Lightshaper
+|image_rights= with permission
+}}
 {{br}}
-==Notes and references==
+==Notes==
 <references/>
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 === General links ===
 In English:
-* [http://voigtlander.pagesperso-orange.fr/ Voigtländer Camera Collection] by Pierre Dalger
+* User manuals at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] :
+**[https://www.cameramanuals.org/voigtlander_pdf/voigtlander_vitessa.pdf Vitessa]
+**[https://www.cameramanuals.org/voigtlander_pdf/voigtlander_vitessa_n.pdf Vitessa N]
+**[https://www.cameramanuals.org/voigtlander_pdf/voigtlander_vitessa_t.pdf Vitessa T]
+** [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/voigtlander_pdf/voigtlander_vitessa_126_electronic/voigtlander_vitessa-126_electronic.htm Vitessa 126 Cartridge PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html www.OrphanCameras.com]
+** [https://butkus.org/chinon/voigtlander_pdf/voigtlander_vintessa_126_cs/voigtlander_vitessa_126_cs.htm Vitessa 126 CS Cartridge PDF manual] at [https://butkus.org/chinon/index.html www.OrphanCameras.com]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230408064234/http://voigtlander.pagesperso-orange.fr/ Voigtländer Camera Collection] by Pierre Dalger (archived)
 * [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/vitessa/vitessaeng.html Voigtländer Vitessa, an extraordinary rangefinder!] at [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/index.html Massimo Bertacchi's site]
 In German:
-* [http://www.voigtlaendersammlung.de/index.html Voigtländer Vitessa] by Manfred Beutel
+*[http://www.voigtlaendersammlung.de/index.html Voigtländer Vitessa] by Manfred Beutel
-* [http://www.lausch41.com/vitessa.htm Vitessa] at [http://www.lausch.com/kameras.htm Peter Lausch's camera site]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20211202092014/http://www.lausch41.com/vitessa.htm Vitessa] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20210506065547/http://www.lausch.com/kameras.htm Peter Lausch's camera site] (archived)
-* [http://hans.lissberger.at/ Meine Voigtländer-Sammlung] by Hans Lißberger
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20211018105655/http://hans.lissberger.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=141&Itemid=63 Meine Voigtländer-Sammlung] by Hans Lißberger (archived)
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20041207222736fw_/http://home.wtnet.de/~ddrescher/hobbys/voigtlaender/vitessa.html Vitessa] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20041207223449fw_/http://home.wtnet.de/~ddrescher/hobbys/voigtlaender/vitessa_t.html Vitessa T] pages at [http://web.archive.org/web/20041204102501fw_/http://home.wtnet.de/~ddrescher/voigtlaender/index.htm Dietrich Drescher's Voigtländer website] (incomplete archive websites)
 In French:
-* [http://voigtlander.pagesperso-orange.fr/ Collection d'appareils photographiques Voigtländer] by Pierre Dalger
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230408064234/http://voigtlander.pagesperso-orange.fr/ Voigtländer Camera Collection] by Pierre Dalger (archived)
 * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11769 Vitessa 125], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11768 Vitessa 500 AE], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11766 Vitessa N], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11767 Vitessa L], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11765 Vitessa T], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=60 Vitessa 500 S], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=393 Vitessa 126 CS] at Sylvain Halgand's [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Collection d'Appareils]
 In Japanese:
-* [http://www.cameraguild.jp/voigtlander/vitessa/vitessa.htm Vitessa museum] at [http://www.cameraguild.jp/voigtlander/index.htm Office Heliar]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110202212802/http://www.cameraguild.jp/voigtlander/vitessa/vitessa.htm Vitessa museum] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110204100933/http://www.cameraguild.jp/voigtlander/index.htm#vitessa www.cameraguild.jp] (archived)
 === Repair notes ===
-* [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/vitessarf.html Rangefinder adjustment] by Stuart Willis at [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/articles.html Favorite Classics' repair articles]
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20170711010511/http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/vitessarf.html Rangefinder adjustment] by Stuart Willis at kyphoto.com via [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine]
 * [http://photographic.co.nz/cameraworks/cameras/vitessa/ Shutter/wind problems repair] at [http://photographic.co.nz/cameraworks/Default.htm Robert Ian Axford's Camera Works]
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