Godfrey
somewhat colored
heh ... I found a Voigtländer Kontur 24x36 accessory finder to go with the Vitessa as well. 
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titrisol
Bottom Feeder
I have looked for an original Vitessa lenshood but they are expensive
So I designed my own
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So I designed my own
Voigtlander Vitessa Lenshood by titrisol
Voigtlander Vitessa is a very cool camera, the original hood was the 125/20 which is a push-on external hood. Those are hard to find and expensive.My Vitessa N with Color Skopar 3.5 has a OD of 34.5mm and ID of 33.0mm.This dimensions have also been confirmed for the Ultron 2.0 lens in the...
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KoNickon
Nick Merritt
A very cool accessory to make the Vitessa "plus vite."heh ... I found a Voigtländer Kontur 24x36 accessory finder to go with the Vitessa as well.
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Godfrey
somewhat colored
Hmmmm. Perhaps I'll hunt up a friend with a 3D printer...I have looked for an original Vitessa lenshood but they are expensive
So I designed my own
Voigtlander Vitessa Lenshood by titrisol
Voigtlander Vitessa is a very cool camera, the original hood was the 125/20 which is a push-on external hood. Those are hard to find and expensive.My Vitessa N with Color Skopar 3.5 has a OD of 34.5mm and ID of 33.0mm.This dimensions have also been confirmed for the Ultron 2.0 lens in the...
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Godfrey
somewhat colored
I have the Kontur 6x6 for my Perkeo II ... It's by far one of the best accessory viewfinders I've ever used! A truly novel approach...
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titrisol
Bottom Feeder
Chris Sherlock as a good description of the RF
Kodak Retina IIa rangefinder cleaning instructions
Kodak Retina IIa rangefinder cleaning instructions
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Kodak Retina IIa rangefinder adjustment instructions
Kodak Retina IIa rangefinder adjustment instructions
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KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Hmmmm. Perhaps I'll hunt up a friend with a 3D printer...
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Nice! Most impressive -- there might be folks here who want one too! I do have one of the original hoods -- glad I got it when I did.I have looked for an original Vitessa lenshood but they are expensive
So I designed my own
Voigtlander Vitessa Lenshood by titrisol
Voigtlander Vitessa is a very cool camera, the original hood was the 125/20 which is a push-on external hood. Those are hard to find and expensive.My Vitessa N with Color Skopar 3.5 has a OD of 34.5mm and ID of 33.0mm.This dimensions have also been confirmed for the Ultron 2.0 lens in the...
Godfrey
somewhat colored
The Vitessa I purchased arrived. It's in good shape cosmetically and does meet the description: It's complete and undamaged, the case is in nice shape. The meter that came with it has a dead selenium cell, as expected.
The camera does, also as expected, need a full service: the shutter hangs and is obviously full of guck and dried up lubricants. Off to service tomorrow...
To Jason's notes: Well, held together, whether it is more or less elegant than a Kodak Retina IIc I cannot answer.
Kodak Retina IIc & Voigtländer Vitessa
... but they're both darn nice looking!
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The camera does, also as expected, need a full service: the shutter hangs and is obviously full of guck and dried up lubricants. Off to service tomorrow...
To Jason's notes: Well, held together, whether it is more or less elegant than a Kodak Retina IIc I cannot answer.
Kodak Retina IIc & Voigtländer Vitessa
... but they're both darn nice looking!
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Dralowid
Michael
To me it looks as if the Vitessa has been built to a design created at a given point in time and the Retina has evolved mechanically.
They both look good.
By the way, I have been using a Retinette lately. Lovely cheap camera, well built of course. They are often forgotten.
They both look good.
By the way, I have been using a Retinette lately. Lovely cheap camera, well built of course. They are often forgotten.
titrisol
Bottom Feeder
Your vitessa seems to be about the same vintage as mine, great cameras.The Vitessa I purchased arrived. It's in good shape cosmetically and does meet the description: It's complete and undamaged, the case is in nice shape. The meter that came with it has a dead selenium cell, as expected.
The camera does, also as expected, need a full service: the shutter hangs and is obviously full of guck and dried up lubricants. Off to service tomorrow...
To Jason's notes: Well, held together, whether it is more or less elegant than a Kodak Retina IIc I cannot answer.
Kodak Retina IIc & Voigtländer Vitessa
... but they're both darn nice looking!
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Exercize a few hundred times in 15 or 30; and check if the plunger is working every time
Selenium meters can usually be revived without much fuss folloiwing this method (adapting it to each camera)
I have tried it a few times and they end within 1/2 stop of a digicam
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
I followed this advice with a Contessa just like this one and I was very pleased that it worked! (I think it's in need of revival again though.) But you need to know exactly how to work on the meter in question -- the Contessa's is fortunately pretty easy to get it. The Vitessa's may be tougher.
Muggins
Junk magnet
Now you can hand people your camera and say "take a look through this!". Still close an eye myself occasionally...heh ... I found a Voigtländer Kontur 24x36 accessory finder to go with the Vitessa as well.
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Never noticed it before, but there are definite hints of the early Werra in the styling, aren't there?
raydm6
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Thank you for that link. I did not know that little black "dot" was a calibration mark.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
My Vitessa variant has no built-in meter; the meter I'm referring to is a Metrophot accessory meter provided with the sale. I'll experiment with resuscitating it but don't have high expectations ... I have plenty of good meters anyway, it's not a priority.
The plunger (film advance, shutter cocking) seems to work just fine. But I suspect the whole camera needs to be cleaned and serviced—just like an elderly mechanical wristwatch, continuing to run them on dried up and dirty lubricants can cause more damage. My '56 Omega Automatic was just serviced and it is now a super accurate, reliable little machine, the way it ought to be.
I have to measure the lens and see which lens hood fits. Much as a 3D printed hood would work fine, eh? I kinda like having the original Voigtländer hood, despite the cost.
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titrisol
Bottom Feeder
The hood is 125/20 (34.5mm) soemtimes you can find them for less than $50 but most of the time they go for 100 on the auction sitesMy Vitessa variant has no built-in meter; the meter I'm referring to is a Metrophot accessory meter provided with the sale. I'll experiment with resuscitating it but don't have high expectations ... I have plenty of good meters anyway, it's not a priority.
The plunger (film advance, shutter cocking) seems to work just fine. But I suspect the whole camera needs to be cleaned and serviced—just like an elderly mechanical wristwatch, continuing to run them on dried up and dirty lubricants can cause more damage. My '56 Omega Automatic was just serviced and it is now a super accurate, reliable little machine, the way it ought to be.
I have to measure the lens and see which lens hood fits. Much as a 3D printed hood would work fine, eh? I kinda like having the original Voigtländer hood, despite the cost.
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Maybe in a used camera store that has "magical" bins (I've found some gems for next to nothing)
The other voigtlander hoods dont fit
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Yes, that's pretty much what I've found. About $50 plus whatever shipping and tax.
There are no "used camera stores" left anywhere it won't cost me more to get there and back anymore.
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haia
Newbie
I would like to say that the deckel mount of the vitessa t is a bit different than that"normal" deckel mount. The vitassa has another ring and it will not fit the adapter you talk about. This adapter is only good for the lenses of retina iiis or voigtlander besaamatic!
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Important to know -- thanks!
titrisol
Bottom Feeder
The original DKL mount was that of the Vitessa T and Braun Colorette, lenses had their own aperture ring at this point
The cameras you mention had extra notches in the mount, and lens for control of the aperture from the camera and DKL kept making further modifications for each camera, resulting in many incompatible mounts of the German standard mount
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Just finished watching Chris' repair of the Vitessa T overhaul. Wow! 11 videos to cover it!
Way more complex to service than a Kodak Retina IIc/IIIc! I imagine the Vitessa bellows models with non-interchangeable lens are a little bit simpler, and what's encouraging is that the body of the one he did needed very little work: Most of the effort was concentrated around the lens, shutter, and complexities of the interchangeable mount and aperture control bits.
I noticed that the Vitessa T does have a parallax correction bit in the RF section. I'll have to review the notes in this thread to see whether this is also true of the non-interchangeable lens bellows models. Doesn't make too much difference to me: I'm just to shooting a little bit "loose" and tweaking my framing; do it without thinking.
My Vitessa has gone off to the shop now for service. 6-7 weeks was the estimate.
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