Identify a camera for this lens?

akaa · Jun 2, 2015

Hey Everyone! I got this lens in a box of darkroom stuff I bought. It's a Voigtlander Color Skopar 75mm/3.5 in a comp rapid shutter.

A Google search does not find much. I found that the Perkeo folders came with this lens but not in this shutter.

Has anyone seen this lens on a camera other than a Perkeo? I'm really interested in finding a camera for it.

anfenglin · Jun 2, 2015

Can I see it from the back? Normally, these shutters have a thread with a counter ring on the back so you can use them on any camera with a front plate like a large format camera or, more likely in this case, it was used on a folder (if the front lens can be turned for focusing) or on a field camera where you focus by moving the front thingy. These things are rather universal.

shutterfinger · Jun 2, 2015

According to A Lens Collector's Vade Mecum the serial number puts it 1949-1950 but states that they were introduced in England around 1951. Covers 6cm x 4.5cm or 6x6 cm. Possibly from a Vito B or similar German made camera.

Peltigera · Jun 2, 2015

Certainly not from Vito B as this shutter has visible cocking lever and release lever - these were internal with the Vito B - and the 35 mm Vito B had a 50 mm lens and this is for a medium format camera

As to serial numbers, both shutters and lenses could remain unused in the camera factory for many months so either shutter or lens (or both) could be made the year before they were fitted to a camera body.

R.Gould · Jun 2, 2015

I could have been on many Voigtlanders, the color skopar was almost a standard lens for voigtlander on their mid range cameras, with the Vaskar on the slightly lower price cameras and the Ultron on the top of the range, It was certainly used on a MF, probably a folder, You can't go by the shutter as they used the Compur,prontor and the low priced 4 speed Pronto shutter almost interchangeably, I have a couple of Vito 2's among my Voigtlander, both indentical specs apart from the shutters, one a prontor the other a compur, and many other mid range Voigtlanders were the same, it just depended what was available at the time, The lens would have been used on either a 645 or 66 camera, Voigtlander made a vast range of MF folders in their hey day,

Denverdad · Jun 2, 2015

What R.Gould said. The Voigtländer 'Baby Bessa' would seem to be one example.

Jeff

akaa · Jun 3, 2015

Here are a few more photos

akaa · Jun 3, 2015

The Voigtländer 'Baby Bessa' would seem to be one example.

This seems to be a hit! cool!

anfenglin · Jun 4, 2015

I second that!

R.Gould · Jun 4, 2015

Any of the various bessa's they made, it could just as well have come off a perkeo 2, they ,ade a lot of MF folders over the years, the main thing is it must be a post WW2 camera as it is a coated color skoper, the color skoper came in late 40's early 50's, previously it was the uncoated skoper,

Dan Fromm · Jun 4, 2015

R. Gould, my little Perkeo II has an 80/3.5 Color Skopar, not a 75.

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