Voigtlander Vito II

[Kenj8246]

As terrible as I am with scale focusing--unless I cheat, as I've done here--I surprised myself by buying this little Vito II. In really nice shape, it has the color skopar 3.5 50mm lens. A poor shot of it and then some test shots at the local Honda store.


Vito II 01 by kenj8246, on Flickr


Vito II-Ektar100 07 by kenj8246, on Flickr


Vito II-Ektar100 09 by kenj8246, on Flickr


Vito II-Ektar100 15 by kenj8246, on Flickr

Think I'll keep it. 😀

Kenny

 

[dogberryjr]

Lovely, under appreciated camera.

 

[02Pilot]

I've got an almost identical Vito (feeler spindle vs. sprocket wheel and uncoated Skopar) that is just a great little camera. The attention paid to making it easily pocketable, with no protrusions to catch, and the general lightweight-but-solid feel of the controls is really impressive. And the lens is excellent.

 

[ZeissFan]

I see your camera has the Compur shutter, which is a bonus. Most have the Pronto(r), but the Compur usually is seen as the premium shutter.

 

[Ken.Cartouche]

I had one of these from 1951. It had a Prontor-S shutter, which was fine. Top speed was 1/300 rather than 1/500, but I didn't notice the loss from a practical standpoint.

I, too, loved the way it felt in my hand, and how beautifully engineered and built it was. It was a bit "fiddly" in that I had to remember to cock the shutter with the lever on the lens before I could take a picture, and that, combined with the scale focusing made it just a bit unsuitable for the things I was trying to shoot with it.

Still, it was a fun little camera, and one that I wish I could have kept. (My wife has a rule: one new camera in = one old camera out.)