Voigtlander Bessa Folder Camera
Photo thanks to Richard Spitzer
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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998
From: Bob Shell bob@bobshell.com
To: rollei@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Rollei] [Off Topic] Voigtlander Information

>Hi Rollei List,
>
>Can anyone recommend some reliable sources of information for Voigtlander
>cameras and accessories? I'm interested in the company history, and product
>details from the beginning to the 1970s Singapore-built stuff.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Tim Baty
>Hampshire, England

I have not seen a history of Voigtlander. Would be nice if there is one. I have always found their products interesting.

BTW, they were at photokina last month with a big display. Unfortunately, these days they are just a marketing company and don't make any of the stuff they sell. I picked up a couple of rolls of Voigtlander film for my collection.

Bob

Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998
From: Dirk-Roger Schmitt Dirk-Roger.Schmitt@dlr.de
To: rollei@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Rollei] [Off Topic] Voigtlander Information

In the late days, 1970 or so, Voigtländer was belonging to Carl Zeiss. In the beginnning of the 1970 Zeiss closed the Voigtländer factory in Braunschweig, Germany. Rollei was overtaking personnell and part of the production line. Rollei than produced Voigtländer cameras in Singarpoure. They were marketed under Rollei and Voigtländer brand name. First Vorgtländer camera made by Rollei was the SL 35 M and SL 35 ME to replace the Rollei developed SL 35. These cameras were ready for the trash. So after a couple of years they derived from them the SL 35 E and Voigtländer VSL 3E which are still good cameras (- if you don't look too much to the production tolerances).

Also the Rollei XF 35 could originally be a Vortgländer, but I don't know this.

After the bankrupt in the 1980, the brand name was bought by a marketing company.

Greetings,

Dirk-Roger Schmitt, from Braunschweig, the home town of Rollei and Voigtländer

Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998
From: Marc James Small msmall@roanoke.infi.net
To: rollei@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Rollei] [Off Topic] Voigtlander Information

Those interested in Voigtlander are urged to join:

VOIGTLÄNDER The Voigtländer Verein
Treasurer: Alan Borthwick
37 Queen's Road
Scone, Perthshire
Scotland PH2 6QJ
United Kingdom
voice: +01738 51501

[Ed. note: cost 16 British Pounds]