Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa Archives

8 September, 2026

By Roger

This Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa, which I recently acquired, has some interesting features. It is what I think of as a typical Voigtlander – compact, very heavy for its size...

6 September, 2025

Voigtlander Vito BL repair fail and GAS-fired workaround

By Simon Foale

Lee Miller could completely strip down her Rolleiflex ‘to the last nut and bolt’ and reassemble it in the dark ‘in some crummy billet’, according to her son, Antony Penrose. Thi...

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