Is the 90 Year Old Voigtlander Brillant FUN to Shoot With?

[@thissidetowardscreen4553]

Brilliant video, great results and frustrating camera! Always love watching your content, the use of vintage cameras! Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

[@olitography]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Wiencourager]

These really are brilliant cameras. Nice viewfinder, good lenses, easy and ergonomic to shoot. I have many ‘real’ TLRs but I really like the Voigtlander Brillant for many situations. Just set it to the hyperfocal distance and stop it down a bit and point and shoot. Since when is zone focus complicated? I’ve shot a whole roll in a couple minutes no problem. Some modern films are too thin for the wind stop to work well, in that case you’re better off using the red window. Some brillants had a Heliar lens which was better than anything Rollei had in the late 30s. If I had to pare my large collection down to a dozen cameras I would include one of these for sure.

[@richardward4243]

I found it to be a fine camera when I used one back in the 90s.

[@olitography]

I replied to your other comment, but the early Brillants weren't TLRs the later ones were, i do mention that at the end of the video

[@richardward4243]

- Hmmm the brilliant a friend let me borrow for a Uni project wasn’t as impaired and fiddly as one you got to try out. It’s workflow was as fluid as i expected a TLR to be at the time and lined up w/ the yashica and rollei tlrs I went on to own. Still have a Ricoh TLR in my boxes around here - recently moved.

[@olitography]

The fact you called it a TLR means you probably had a latter one.

[@richardward4243]

@@olitography Sorry I didn’t catch you describing your Brilliant as having just a simple viewfinder. Audio was coming out my iPad instead of hearing thru my noise canceling headphones 🎧 but both were charging. Apologies, sir. I really enjoy your channel a lot.

[@GONZOFAM7]

You're likely dealing with the fact that new film is much thinner than old films. The mechanism that catches the film does not register as well.

[@SteveKleinheider]

It was called "Brillant" in Germany and most of Europe. It was called "Brilliant" in English-speaking countries I believe.

[@olitography]

I suspected that but couldn't find anything to back it up, thank you

[@Rkolb2798]

Looks like you’re Roughing it out in Spain 😊

[@olitography]

As always

[@Rkolb2798]

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