Updated Voigtlander Bessa III & Bessa III Wide Pages

[CameraQuest]

Bessa III

http://cameraquest.com/voigtl_bessa_iii.htm

Bessa III Wide

http://cameraquest.com/voigtl_bessa_iii_wide.htm

Thanks for looking,

Stephen

 

[Hogarth Ferguson]

Tell Voigtlander to get their act together and keep making these, especially the wide, as I need one.

 

[zillauser]

They look truly useable, compact in the tradition of the old folders. Exciting!

 

[Robert Lai]

I have the IIIW. It is a fixed lens rangefinder, not a folder.
Very solid, and the lens is incredibly sharp, detailed, contrasty, and shows no linear distortion.

 

[taemo]

i miss my old gf670/iii for portraits
wouldnt mind getting a iiiw

 

[Emile de Leon]

They should make an ultrawide 6x10 like the old Brooks Veriwide..
I would get one of these Bessa's in a heartbeat..but I cant stand 6x7...

 

[frperdurabo]

They should make an ultrawide 6x10 like the old Brooks Veriwide..
I would get one of these Bessa's in a heartbeat..but I cant stand 6x7...

I hear you - in the old days 6x7 made sense because printing paper was 8x10 or 16x20 - now it's 8x11.5, 12x18, and 20x30.

My solution: buy a Mamiya Press - the original version. It's a bit smaller than the 23 and Super.

Take off the handle. Grab the camera by the film back. Trip the shutter release with the middle or ring finger of your right hand. (Or find a Type 3 back, which has the cable release built into the back).

Not as compact the Voightlander, but ... manageable. Ish.

 

[Hogarth Ferguson]

I have both versions and they are both amazing.

 

[kram]

6x0 Bessa pleeeease. Using existing camera body, to save developement costs.

 

[lxmike]

They look amazing

 

[CameraQuest]

6x0 Bessa pleeeease. Using existing camera body, to save developement costs.

sadly I think there is zero chance we will see any new version 120 film Bessa:bang:

Stephen

 

[europanorama]

6 x 0 would also like....

6 x 0 would also like....

6x0 Bessa pleeeease. Using existing camera body, to save developement costs.

without film right? digital then.

 

[kram]

Sorry 6x9. Use the existing body, fast 80-90mm lens, less than 1m focusing. Little to change on body/veiwfinder, I would pre order one.

 

[zillauser]

Neat cameras

Neat cameras

These two look absolutely wonderful and handier than my Mamiya Universals.