Difference between revisions of "Voigt Junior"
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+ | A 6x9 folding, 120 format camera produced in 1946 by the [[Vokar]] Corporation<ref>[http://wphs-tucson.blogspot.com/2009/06/argus-vershoor-and-vokar.html Western Photographic Historical Society]</ref>. The camera has a plastic body with metal top and bottom plates. Film advance and rewind knobs are on the top plate. Lugs for carry straps are absent, but a single ring is provided on the completely removable back. A number of lens variations are known: | ||
+ | * a 75mm f4.5 fixed focus [[Meniscus_lens| Meniscus]] lens in a simple Instant and Bulb shutter. | ||
+ | * a 75mm f4.5 Wollensak Velostigmat in Wollensak shutter<ref>http://f22plus.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/wirgin-deluxe-model-51/</ref> | ||
+ | * a 75mm f4.5 in a [[Gitzo_shutters#GITZO_1|Gitzo 1 shutter]]<ref>e-bay May 2008 (350033388908)</ref> | ||
− | + | The camera was also sold in Germany badged as the [[Wirgin]] Junior and, more elaborately decorated, as the [[Wirgin Deluxe]] and is one of the very few US-made but German-badged cameras.<ref>[http://www.cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/wirgin_junior.pdf Manual for the Wirgin Junior at OrphanCameras]</ref> | |
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Revision as of 22:07, 13 October 2010
A 6x9 folding, 120 format camera produced in 1946 by the Vokar Corporation[1]. The camera has a plastic body with metal top and bottom plates. Film advance and rewind knobs are on the top plate. Lugs for carry straps are absent, but a single ring is provided on the completely removable back. A number of lens variations are known:
- a 75mm f4.5 fixed focus Meniscus lens in a simple Instant and Bulb shutter.
- a 75mm f4.5 Wollensak Velostigmat in Wollensak shutter[2]
- a 75mm f4.5 in a Gitzo 1 shutter[3]
The camera was also sold in Germany badged as the Wirgin Junior and, more elaborately decorated, as the Wirgin Deluxe and is one of the very few US-made but German-badged cameras.[4]
Images courtesy Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |