Voigtländer Vitoret

This is my Voigtländer Vitoret. It is a 35mm film viewfinder camera manufactured by Voigtländer & Sohn AG, Braunschweig, former West Germany. It was produced between 1961 and 1971.

The Voigtländer Vitoret series were a very successful range of consumer level inexpensive cameras that were produced from 1961 to 1971. Vitoret series were more inexpensive than the Vito range cause there were the choice of lenses and shutters and a more simple internal design. All series produced with quantity ca 700.000. Many Vitoret cameras are often still usable and capable of providing good results.

Vitoret basic model specifications:

• Lens: Voigtlander Colour-Lanthar 50mm f/2.8, filter: push-on 32mm
• Aperture: f/2.8 - f /22 no click stops
• Focus range: 1-20m +inf,

• Focusing: manual front focusing, guess the distance, there are markings for rapid zone focusing on the distance scale for portraits, groups and landscapes, indicated by a spot, triangle and circle respectively
• Shutter: Prontor 125 leaf shutter, speeds: 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, +B
• Shutter release: on the right-front of the camera, w/ cable release socket, on the bottom of it
• Cocking lever: also winds the film, on the back of the top plate, long stroke
• Frame counter: additive type, auto-resets, window on the bottom plate
• Viewfinder: bright-frame, very large and bright
• Re-wind lever: on the top plate, folding crank type, turns when winding
• Re-wind release: small button, keep depressed when winding
• Flash PC socket: on the lens-shutter barrel, synch M, X 1/30
• Others: Cold-shoe; Hinged back cover; Tripod socket 1/4 inch; Engravings on the bottom plate: Made in West Germany and serial no.
• Body: Metal, square edged body; Weight: 429g

All versions have:

• 1:1 bright frame finder
• Prontor 125 or 300 shutters
• Standard lens was the Colour Lanthar 2,8/50 with a few exceptions
• Distance range marked by symbols or feet/meter scale.
• The post-1967 series of the Vitoret had square edged bodies and the pre-1967 series all had the rounded body similar to the Vito range.

Vitoret

• 1961
• Basic version
• Also with Vaskar 2,8/50 lens for export

I do not own any other versions, but here is some information on them:

Vitoret D

• 1961
• Leather covered or metal bottom
• Exposure meter

Vitoret Rapid D

• 1964
• For Rapid film cassettes
• Exposure meter

Vitoret DR

• 1964
• Coupled rangefinder and exposure meter

Vitoret F

• 1964
• With AG 1 flash under accessory shoe
• Also supplied with Vaskar 2,8/50 lens

Vitoret Colora F

• 1964
• With AG 1 flash under accessory shoe
• With Color Skopar 2,8/50 lens

Vitoret L

• 1964
• Coupled exposure meter
• Metering readout also in viewfinder

Vitoret R

• 1965
• Rangefinder
• Colour Skopar 2,8/50 lens
• LANTHAR 2,8/50 lens

Vitoret LR

• 1967
• Coupled rangefinder and exposure meter

If you are looking at buying yourself one of these cameras, you can buy a good quality one for around £20-£40 on ebay.co.uk 

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