Voigtlander Bessa I Archives

4 March, 2024

5 Frames with a Voigtlander Bessa I – My Gateway into Medium Format

By Zach

I’ve used medium-format cameras before: an Agfa Isolette II that I repaired and a Holga, but consider my first official roll to be with the Bessa I. The roll I shot throug...

20 January, 2023

Finding my ideal 6×9 folder – Largest Negative in a Compact Travel Format – by Zheng Li

By Zheng Li

I have owned and used many different types of medium format cameras (TLR, SLR, folder, rigid body rangefinder), and I enjoy all of them for different reasons. But this article i...

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Charles Young on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
Tony: Thanks for the good report on the Asahi Pentax. I bought my first one in 1967 and my second…
Ibraar Hussain on Ansco Titan – A Stylish 6×6 120 Folder
Thanks for the review! That is a very cool looking camera brother!! Damn Shane you did what I usually do…
Tony Warren on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
What a treat to be able to access such interesting locations and well captured with something of an iconic camera.…

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