I have had this camera for 7 years, which is longer than I’ve had any other film camera, partly because it’s great, and partly because it still works. bought it with the Voigtlander 25mm Snapshot Skopar, and later on added the 35m Color Skopar. The design of the Bessa L is odd in that there’s …
Using the Bessa L for a week in Berlin alongside a Nikon FE2 brought home all the things I don’t like about the Bessa, as well as reminding me why I’ll never get rid of it. In the spring of 2022, I found myself with a soon to be expired travel credit from a Covid …
Bessa L – Love and Hate in Berlin – By Mike Brookes Read More
In these quite extraordinary times of Covid – 19 it is a challenge to all photographers to capture images of what is probably going to be the most significant event of this generation. It’s a challenge because the UK, like so many other affected countries, is in lockdown and citizens are supposed to be out only for essential shopping and one form of short daily exercise.
The Voigtlander Bessa L is a camera I’ve owned twice. I’ve bought it twice thinking it’d be perfect for a type of shooting I thought I might give a go. Unfortunately, on both occasions after buying it I’ve remembered that I never shoot nor have any real intention of shooting in the way it as a camera best prescribes. In short, both purchases were basically bad decisions.
But just because it’s clearly not the right camera for me, doesn’t mean its not right for someone else. And since I’ve owned two of them now, and had both of them for a while, I thought I’d write a bit about what I think this camera is suited for.
