Vintage Voightlander Bessy Camera
Film: 126 mm film.
If you want a German quality camera, and very simple for use, this is the one for you.
Comes with original leather case.
This camera is very well made, and sturdy. This is why after all this years, it is in such great condition.
The condition of this camera is very good for its age, its working very well, The view finder is very clear and the lens is clean.
Please see the photo's
In the middle of 60's, Voigtländer tried to take shares of market in omnipresent Kodak on its own ground of format 126. For that, it launched a series of economic cameras; that of Bessy.
Bessy as of 1966 is the adaptation to Flashcube of the model “ak”. It is preserved besides the reflectors of flash for AG-1 lamp. This reflectors is swiveling and is integrated perfectly into the body (so much so that I spent several years before realizing that there existed!). The opening and the swiveling of this reflectors move a flange which is around the lens. A feature is positioned opposite a A when the reflectors is closed, opposite a flash when it is in order (as on the photograph) or opposite a second flash when it is open towards the side in order to use bounced light when the camera is held vertically
In the finder, there is a yellow framework (collimated finder) on the right side of which three pictograms appear more or less: landscape, group or portrait. The distance setting moves these three pictograms laterally, more or less masking them according to the selected distance.
This camera has a built in 'hidden' flash that rotates in the 'round' as you open the 'secret' door...beautifully designed and built!
You should expect everything to function well, and that all optics have no problems that would noticeably affect image quality, unless we describe them otherwise. We try and list all pertinent faults.
Bear in mind that most of what we sell is either used or vintage equipment. We test it for function, but can't guarantee accuracy, and it also appears to be in good working order - and is usually in great cosmetic condition for the age.
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