Vito C folding

[Beniliam]

Last week I saw in Ebay this little camera and when I saw the viewfinder I doubt if this camera had rangefinder.

Its this camera a Minox clon? or this camera is a logical evolution of this with rangefinder? 😕



*The image was taken of this website:

http://www.tandemsite.co.jp/~gould/135_07.html


Thanks 😀

 

[phototone]

It is very similar to the Minox. It is a viewfinder camera, not a rangefinder camera. Other similar cameras exist under other brand names. The Kiev 35A is an almost identical clone of the Minox 35.

The Vito is probably quite capable of taking excellent photos.

 

[Beniliam]

Thank you very much Phototone!

 

[Seele]

This camera shared more than a passing resemblance to the Minox 35mm cameras: they were made in the same factory.

After WWII, the Balda camera company re-established itself in Bunde, and was quite active in producing a range of camersa under its own name. Later on, the Balda name faded out as it was occupied at producing the 35mm cameras for Minox. The Vito C was also made by Balda, and also very briefly a camera of similar design also appeared under Balda's own name.