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This leaf-shuttered 35mm SLR was an impressive piece of technology from [[Voigtländer]], considering its 1962 introduction date. It offered shutter-priority autoexposure, set by its large [[selenium]] meter cell, with aperture and shutter speed indicated in the viewfinder. Unusually among its peers, its reflex mirror returns automatically (if not quite "instantly") after exposure.  
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The [[Voigtländer]] Ultramatic was the predicecor to [[Ultramatic CS]]. It was produced from 1961 - 1968 in Brunswick Germany, in total 35,500 to 45,000 were made. The Ultramatic model featured a selenium cell, later models have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoresistor CdS cell] . [[Bessamatic]] and Ultramatic have the same bayonet mount, but only lenses with a yellow dot on the bayonet mount allow the full automatic functionality of the Ultramatics. The Ultramatic was designed by Walter Swarofsky and Fritz, Renneberg both of whom hold several patents for technology on the Ultramatic. A factor in the Ultramatic's demise was the cost of Bassematic Lenses and the complicated and weighty Leaf Shutter.
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=='''Ultramatic Features'''==
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* Type: Single Lens Reflex Camera (SLR)
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* Film Size: 135 Picture Size: 24x36mm
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* Lens Mount: Bessamatic
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* Standard Lens: Voigtlander Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.8
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* Shutter: Synchro-Compur Leaf Speeds: Bulb,1-500
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* Fully automatic aperture control.
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* Selenium meter
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* Instant-return mirror
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=='''SLR Lenses for [[Bessamatic]] / Ultramatic (1958-1969)'''==
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Although the optical quality of the Bessamatic Mount lenses was better then the competition at the time, the cost of the lens lead to it's and the Bessamatic / Ultramatic undoing. Bessamatic Mount lenses were also much slower and their minimum focus distance was greater then the competition.
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* Skoparex f/3.4 35mm
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* Skopagon f/2.0 40mm
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* Color-Skopar f/2.8 50mm
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* Septon f/2.0 50mm
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* Dynarex f/3.4 90mm
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* Dynarex f/4.8 109mm
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* Super-Dynarex f/4.0 135mm
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* Super-Dynarex f/4.0 200mm
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* Super-Dynarex f/5.6 350mm
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* Zoomar f/2.8 36mm - 82mm
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[[Category:German 35mm leaf shutter SLR]] [[Category:Voigtländer]] [[Category:V]]
 
[[Category:German 35mm leaf shutter SLR]] [[Category:Voigtländer]] [[Category:V]]

Revision as of 20:05, 15 June 2011

The Voigtländer Ultramatic was the predicecor to Ultramatic CS. It was produced from 1961 - 1968 in Brunswick Germany, in total 35,500 to 45,000 were made. The Ultramatic model featured a selenium cell, later models have a CdS cell . Bessamatic and Ultramatic have the same bayonet mount, but only lenses with a yellow dot on the bayonet mount allow the full automatic functionality of the Ultramatics. The Ultramatic was designed by Walter Swarofsky and Fritz, Renneberg both of whom hold several patents for technology on the Ultramatic. A factor in the Ultramatic's demise was the cost of Bassematic Lenses and the complicated and weighty Leaf Shutter.


Ultramatic Features

  • Type: Single Lens Reflex Camera (SLR)
  • Film Size: 135 Picture Size: 24x36mm
  • Lens Mount: Bessamatic
  • Standard Lens: Voigtlander Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.8
  • Shutter: Synchro-Compur Leaf Speeds: Bulb,1-500
  • Fully automatic aperture control.
  • Selenium meter
  • Instant-return mirror


SLR Lenses for Bessamatic / Ultramatic (1958-1969)

Although the optical quality of the Bessamatic Mount lenses was better then the competition at the time, the cost of the lens lead to it's and the Bessamatic / Ultramatic undoing. Bessamatic Mount lenses were also much slower and their minimum focus distance was greater then the competition.

Name:

  • Skoparex f/3.4 35mm
  • Skopagon f/2.0 40mm
  • Color-Skopar f/2.8 50mm
  • Septon f/2.0 50mm
  • Dynarex f/3.4 90mm
  • Dynarex f/4.8 109mm
  • Super-Dynarex f/4.0 135mm
  • Super-Dynarex f/4.0 200mm
  • Super-Dynarex f/5.6 350mm
  • Zoomar f/2.8 36mm - 82mm