Bessa users Unite!!!!

[Pumalite]

Old Bessa Folder 6X9
Bessamatic with Scoparex 35mm f/3.4 and a 50mm Color-Scopar X f/2.8

 

[Two23]

I use a Bessa 6x9 made in 1937. Does that count?


Kent in SD

 

[HowardDvorin]

I ,too, have a Bessa 1 folder. I bought it in 1951 or 1952. I works very well.Nice and light and very compact. It produces 21/4 x 31/4 negative. I used it in high school and college. It is now on my shelf retired but in working order.

Howard Dvorin

 

[Sanjay Sen]

I use a Bessa 6x9 made in 1937. Does that count?


Kent in SD

That's a "real" Bessa, as Ole said.

 

[davela]

I have a Bessa R2S, the Nikon lens mount version of the Bessa R2. I use it with the 135mm F3.5 Nikkor and the 50/3.5, 50/1.5, 35/2.5, and 28/3.5 Voigtlander Nikon rangefinder mount lenses. It's a fabulous and fairly rare camera. This camera and the lenses work well are top-notch!

 

[Red Robin]

Lots of users out there!

Just reread this whole thread. Good to read of you all. Me I'm still using and learning with my Bessa R with the Jupiter 3 lens. After the Canon P I had difficulty with the R's liteness ,but use and that wonderful viewfinder+meter have made it a favorite. Frank

 

[froyd]

I no longer have my beloved R2a, but what I miss it terribly and one day we'll be re-united... first I have to decide which of my other cameras will get the chop... ironically the M4 is the first camera that comes to mind as the sacrificial lamb. Sacrilege!

 

[Leigh Youdale]

Sold an R3A to finance my M6, which is a lovely piece of work but the Bessa has some features and weight advantages that make it a better camera to carry and use. Still have the R4A as I tend to use WA a lot when travelling. All CV glass and it's quite good enough, especially at the price. FL's of 15, 21, 28, 35, 50, 75, 90. Had a 25 as well but really it's such a close fit between 21 and 28 that it was almost redundant, even though a useful length. I use accessory viewfinders on the R4A for the 75 and 90 FL's or a 21/25 VF on the M6 if going wider than 28mm.