A while ago, I picked up a little Voigtlander Vito B in an antique shop in Lichfield. I wasn’t really looking for another camera, but that’s so often the way when you find a gem.
And a real gem it is.
Small and solid, quality engineering. Fully manual and zone focus – it really makes you slow down and think . It has the 50mm/f3.5 SVS Prontor lens and although it’s over sixty years old, when you get it right, it makes the loveliest pictures. And it has the added bonus that a 35mm film canister lid fits exactly as a lens cover!
I struggle a bit with the little viewfinder as I wear spectacles, but have fitted a Voigtlander Kontur viewfinder which is fantastic. These pictures are from a roll of Agfa Vista 200 that I shot in an afternoon around the little village where we live (mostly of the old church.)
Hope you enjoy them!
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You can also find Hamish’s review of the Voigtlander Vito B here – a review I found after buying this camera.
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Callum on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 12/09/2017
Comment posted: 12/09/2017
Stig Starr on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 12/09/2017
Comment posted: 12/09/2017
Frank Lehnen on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 15/09/2017
Guess you're getting along fine with the Voigtländer Kontur?
I'm still struggling a bit with it. Those framelines tend to disappear from my vision...
Comment posted: 15/09/2017
jonathon Campo on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 15/09/2017
You got some nice pictures out of that nice camera. Thanks for sharing.
Richard Williams on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 17/09/2017
Johnny on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 24/09/2017
So I'm looking at your images here, they are nicely composed, but they don't seem to be very sharp. Are these straight out of the camera, or did you add some sharpness in Photoshop? I'm thinking they might have been compressed when you uploaded them, causing a little softness.
Richard Williams on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 25/09/2017
Compact Excellence: A Review of the Voigtländer Vito BL by Andrew Morang - 35mmc on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 05/04/2019
Julian Tanase on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 30/05/2023
Yours is a very good example of excellent cameras that can still shoot after all these years, and your photographs very well framed and executed. As a resident of the UK for many years in the past, I fully appreciate churches as a go-to place when a camera or a film have to be tried to the max. The religious architecture, especially the old style (in SE England, at least) is an excellent medium for checking a camera, in my opinion.
Thank you for sharing, and may the camera provide you with a lot of fun and good results !
Phil hodgkinson on 5 frames with a Voigtlander Vito B – by Richard Williams
Comment posted: 05/11/2023