You can also expect to incur an ATM fee, reload fee and foreign transaction fee with many prepaid cards. The Voigtlander Bessa I folding 6×9 medium format camera with lens extended. J Schneider)Īs I started falling down the well of education and experimentation that is film photography I developed GAS, or Gear Acquisition Syndrome, just like most photographers. Mine skewed toward the old, the unique, the broken and forgotten.įellow Denver film photographer Shoot Film, Ride Steel has his “ Land of Misfit Toys,” and I think of my collection of the lost and broken as a Home for Wayward Cameras. When I started the collection with the Imperial Herco 620 Snapshot, I had no idea how far it would go. And a few good enablers like Kate and my mom have helped expand it beyond my wildest thoughts.Īnd so it was that a couple years back, Mom gave me a vintage Voigtlander Bessa I camera for Xmas. Here’s what I’ve learned about this big, elegant folder so far. Specs and stuff Looking straight down the barrel of my c. 1950 Voigtlander Bessa I’s Vaskar 105mm f/4.5 lens. The Voigtlander Bessa I is a 6×9 folding viewfinder camera made from 1949 until about 1957 (the information I can find seems unclear on when they stopped production). Originally it was sold with a 6×4 mask, as well, so it’s basically got a half-frame option.Īt 6x9cm, the negatives are the same aspect ratio as 35mm frames - 1:1.5.
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