Photo taken with a 1932 voigtlander brilliant

[Stephen Baker]

This image was taken with a 1932 voigtlander brilliant, 80 years old and still producing photo's... I sometimes wonder how many DSLR's will be producing images when they are 80 years old. It works by zone focusing you have 3 positions portraits, groups and landscapes. The camera has three shutter speeds B, 25 and 50 also three aperture settings 7.7, 11 and 22..

When I got the camera it you could hardly see through the veiwing lens the shutter was sticky and the taking lens along with the ground glass was just as bad, So it was a case of taking it all apart freeing up the shutter take the veiwing lens out and clean it then take out the taking lens and seperate it clean it and put it all back together..
below is one of the images that came out of it...

Thanks for looking, Stephen.

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

Stephen would love to see photos of the Brilliant. Tbh im getting jaded with digital ... exotics as your Brilliant and Ikonta 530/2 makes me want to photograph anew.

 

[Hamish Gill]

A camera I have been tempted by a lot of times ...

So you are pretty handy when I comes to fixing these things are you?

 

[Pete Askew]

It gives a lovely low contrast rendering doesn't it. Interesting.