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Mint! 1953 Voigtlander 6x9 Bessa I with Color-Skopar and original case. Freshly serviced, CLA'd

Mint! 1953 Voigtlander 6x9 Bessa I with Color-Skopar and original case. Freshly serviced, CLA'd

Regular price $ 425.00 USD
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Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use!

Here’s a lovely camera that easily slips into a jacket pocket or a back pack and yet folds out to take 8 beautiful 6x9cm exposures on a 120 roll film. Bright exposures alive with all the vivid details that only medium format or larger can provide. When it comes to film, bigger is better and with this camera you can create a negative that is about 6 times larger than the average 35mm snap shot. So whether you’re interested in large prints, fine grain, rich tonal gradations or lovely colors, this camera will do all of that and may just become your favorite photographic companion.  

This camera is so beautiful you almost get the impression that someone recently traveled back to 1953 to buy it. It works beautifully and it's been carefully serviced to insure that it will continue to do so for many years to come. The real leather bellows are supple and light tight. The shutter works well and all the speeds from (B, 1 sec – 1/250thth) are appropriate. The slow speeds buzz along smoothly are smooth and the fast speeds are clean and snappy. The flash has been adjusted and tested and it works with a normal electronic flash. It will fire correctly at any desired shutter speed. (This is of course very convenient for flash fill.)

The coated 3.5/105mm Color-Skopar lens  is a four-element lens nearly identical in design and performance to the Zeiss Tessar. This design is well known for its lovely rendering. Stopped down it’s very sharp. It's also known to produces very lovely portraits when shot wide open. In the case of the latter, focus rolls off gently and the background bokeh has a soft rounded look to it. The lens is in exceptionally fine condition and it looks like new and it’s capable of producing beautiful photos with modern color & B&W film. 

It comes complete with an original Voigtlander brown leather camera case & strap

All in all, a wonderful classic camera. Load it with your favorite film and keep it handy for that perfect shot you’ve been looking for. You know the one... the one with the perfect Ansel Adams light breaking through the dark storm clouds that leaves you wishing you had a 6x9 camera with you.

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