Voigtlander vitomatic II

<p>I recently bought a voigtlander vitomatic II and today was the first time I took it out to play. I live in a city with many photo opportunities but couldn't think of where to go. I then remembered a local shopping center where various artist have painted on the rear of the buildings. I thought it would be a good test of not only the metering, but of the color rendition of the lens. The meter seems to be pretty accurate and the colors came out nearly perfect. I did find that it suffers from lens flare quite badly when shooting in the direction of the sun. I took an old agfatronic 383 flash and used it for a few shots. I took a photo of the voigtlander with the 383 atatched. It is a cool little flash. I also recently aquired the 383's big brother, the 643.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is a photo with the 643</p><div></div>

<p>Here is the first of a few photos. This one is painted on a shipping container.</p><div></div>

<p>And another.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is the lens flare I mentioned.</p><div></div>

<p>Last one. Thanks for looking.</p><div></div>

<p>Very nice. Blocks are very demanding, and the Skopar seems to handle them well.</p>

<p>Nice series. Thanks for posting.</p>

<p>Always love some pics from a Voigtlander,and the Vitomatic is a good 'un, made just before Voigtlanders' slow slide into oblivion.<br>

Wonderful artworks and the colour looks great, but I wouldn't fret too much about the flare, probably just a difficult situation. The Skopar is usually quite good at flare control, and is one of the highest rated Tessar style lenses out there.<br>

Have fun with the Vito.</p>

<p>Great colors and camera work. Where can one find such nice graffiti?</p>

<p>Thanks for the comments. Kris, I live in Charleston, S.C. The graffiti/artwork is about 6 or 7 miles from my home.</p>

<p>Spectacular art, <strong>Jon</strong>, and as <strong>Tony</strong> pointed out, a bright sky above a shaded wall is about the best recipe for flare/contrast loss that one can experience. The Vitomatic II is one of my favourites, though the rangefinder spot often dims with age. Thanks for the post.</p>

I find the Skopar over all very good! As for flare .. sometimes there's no way around it. I can't remember any consistency with flare and the Skopars I used. I have one very small package (Vito C) but it was just that morning and that location .. strong directional light. What exceptionally good art work there is SC.

<p>Jon,</p>

<p>Interesting camera and a wonderful set of pictures. Is there any way of mounting a lens hood? That is a serious flash unit by the way.</p>

<p>I wasn't able to find a camera test but did find an ad from the Nov. 1958 issue of Modern Photography.</p><div></div>

<p>I love the <strong>Vitomatic IIa</strong>... Beautifully made camera and lens is excellent, very sharp and contrasty... <br />I never had any flare problems with Color Skopar... <br />What is interesting, <strong>Color Skopar </strong>lens is adding little warmth to the pictures that makes blue sky look a little more like turquoise... Beautiful effect... And it's about all my Voigtlander cameras with Color Skopar. <br />I'm wondering if more of You noticed that effect.. :)</p><div></div>

<p>The Skopar lens is noted for its warm renditions. Likewise the Heliar. I have a Vitomatic IIa, and the meter is still accurate. Wonderful street camera: 1. The shutter is quiet. 2. No one pays attention to an odd-looking old camera nor takes seriously a photographer with one. </p>

I loved these images and even more the combination of the Vitomatic and the Agfatronic. I now own a Voigtlander Vito IIa

with a similar Skopar lens to yours. I am thinking of getting an Agfatronic 643-CS to give me the kind of power required to

do indoor photographs of large groups. Do you think this combination will work for me? It will essentially be manual flash

settings throughout I should imagine.

Yep, somehow it manages to make a modern-day photo look like a retro snapshot! As witness this windmill in Amsterdam...