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The '''Vito C''' is a [[35mm]] [[viewfinder camera]] made in Germany by [[Voigtländer]].  The '''Vito CD''' has an uncoupled light meter. The '''Vito CL''' has a coupled [[light meter]], and the '''CL Deluxe''' has a meter needle display in the viewfinder. The '''Vito CLR''' further adds a coupled [[rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]]. The top of the CLR camera has a translucent plastic part beside the accessory shoe illuminating the meter needle in the finder.
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The round-ended body style was produced between 1960 & 1967, after which a squarer-ended body was made.<ref>{{McKeown}}, p.967-8</ref>
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In c.1980, a series of ABS plastic bodied Vito cameras was introduced, with fold down front, similar to the [[Minox 35]] and made by [[Balda]], also sold as the [[Balda_CA_35| Balda C series]].
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==Notes==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/vitometer.html Voigtlander Vito CSR Meter Repair]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20170711010623/http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/vitometer.html Voigtlander Vito CSR Meter Repair] by Margaret at kyphoto.com via [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine]
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=753 Vito C], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11761 Vito CD], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1422 Vito CL], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10051 Vito CLR] ([http://www.collection-appareils.fr/album_notices_P_Z/Voigtlander_vito_clr/index.html user manual]), [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=53 Vito CSR] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
  
[[Category: 35mm viewfinder cameras]]
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[[Category: German 35mm viewfinder]]
[[Category: German cameras]]
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[[Category: German 35mm rangefinder]]
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[[Category: Voigtländer]]
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Revision as of 01:49, 21 March 2019

The Vito C is a 35mm viewfinder camera made in Germany by Voigtländer. The Vito CD has an uncoupled light meter. The Vito CL has a coupled light meter, and the CL Deluxe has a meter needle display in the viewfinder. The Vito CLR further adds a coupled rangefinder. The top of the CLR camera has a translucent plastic part beside the accessory shoe illuminating the meter needle in the finder.

The round-ended body style was produced between 1960 & 1967, after which a squarer-ended body was made.[1]

In c.1980, a series of ABS plastic bodied Vito cameras was introduced, with fold down front, similar to the Minox 35 and made by Balda, also sold as the Balda C series.


Notes

  1. McKeown, p.967-8

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