Motivated to write review of Vito II

[kitwright]

This is my first post on any forum, bit I have been poking around for a while and discussion last year motivated me write an overview of my experiences with the Vito II. Bought new in 1954 and still used. If you are interested the url is http://www.f0point95.com/voigtlander_vito_1.htm

 

[mh2000]

so where's the nude on the next page?

🙂

 

[Keith]

Hi Chris and welcome to the forum.

I enjoyed your review of the Vito ... I have a little Vito CLR myself but it hasn't been used in quite a while.

Never did find 'that nude' on the next page though! 😛

 

[kitwright]

OOPS! Missing nude

OOPS! Missing nude

This is my first post on any forum, bit I have been poking around for a while and discussion last year motivated me write an overview of my experiences with the Vito II. Bought new in 1954 and still used. If you are interested the url is http://www.f0point95.com/voigtlander_vito_1.htm

OOPS! The page was there but I forgot to put in the links.

 

[Uwe_Nds]

Ah!
The Vito II was my late father's one and only camera for all his life. He bought it new in the late 50ies, early 60ies and it accompanied us on all family vacations.
On vacations, he only did slides and without rangefinder and lightmeter, they turned out ok.

Unfortunately, the camera got lost after he passed away, but I got myself another one off the bay. Just had to.

Cheers,
Uwe

 

[Keith]

Ah!
The Vito II was my late father's one and only camera for all his life. He bought it new in the late 50ies, early 60ies and it accompanied us on all family vacations.
On vacations, he only did slides and without rangefinder and lightmeter, they turned out ok.

Unfortunately, the camera got lost after he passed away, but I got myself another one off the bay. Just had to.

Cheers,
Uwe

It's amazing isn't it? My mother, now gone, was our family photographer for as far back as I can remember with a varity of cameras ... all manual of course!

My sister has all the photos she took in a large box and one thing that's noticable when going through them is the accuracy of her exposures!

 

[Pompiere]

As a 14 year-old, a Vito II was my first 35 mm camera, too. My dad had bought it from somebody who needed money, but he never really used it much. I never had a light meter either, just the sheet that came in the film box that had pictures of bright sun, clouds, etc. Despite that, and the guess focusing, the photos came out pretty good. Some day, I hope to aquire another one for nostalga's sake.

 

[ZeissFan]

Nice writeup on your Vito II.

The Tessar and its variants, which include the Skopar, are once again appreciated as being respected and capable lenses.

I thought the racing photo was very cool. I liked how you panned, which gave the impression of speed. When you shoot high speed action at 1/8000 of a second, it just looks like a car sitting on a street. I also really liked the shot in the forest. Lots of mood in that one.

Like many other German cameras, even the amateur models were built to last a lifetime. Not to pick on today's cameras, but that no longer is true.

 

[dogberryjr]

The Vito II seems to be a common father to son gift. Interesting. My father gave me one when I was far too young for it and I took it apart. I get it back together, but it was never quite right (imagine that). Last year I found a nice one for a great price and bought it for old time's sake. Great little camera. Anyone know where I can get the little plastic tab for the closure release?