Is there an "Idiots Guide" to using the Bessamatic ?

[Luddite Frank]

A few months ago, I acquired a very nice Voigtlander Bessamatic from a fellow RFFer, and really haven't had a chance to work with it until now.

I'm finding the linked shutter / aperture / meter system a little hard to wrap my head around.

I do a have a period Focal book on the Bessamatic... should I just stick with that and keep re-reading until it clicks with my brain, or are there short-cuts to comprehending & using this beast ?

Closest thing I think I've shot with would be a Retina IIIc...

Thanks,

Luddite Frank

 

[Sumarongi]

A few months ago, I acquired a very nice Voigtlander Bessamatic from a fellow RFFer, and really haven't had a chance to work with it until now.

I'm finding the linked shutter / aperture / meter system a little hard to wrap my head around.

I do a have a period Focal book on the Bessamatic... should I just stick with that and keep re-reading until it clicks with my brain, or are there short-cuts to comprehending & using this beast ?

Closest thing I think I've shot with would be a Retina IIIc...

Thanks,

Luddite Frank

Yes, very similar!

And, look here: https://www.butkus.org/chinon/voigtlander.htm‎