Voigtlander Vito B

[@marshalltravis3217]

I just purchased one of these today. And I love it. I purchased it and walked down to a restaurant for lunch and I couldn’t get the shutter to fire. Well after lunch I marched back to the store where I purchased it thinking it was broken. The salesman was very helpful and patient, explaining to me how the camera works. Customer service is still alive in some places.

[@Gerard-hu6kp]

The lens is excellent

[@_BatCountry]

Great video, that photo of you as a lad is great! Couple of points of clarification though: it *does* have a range finder - it was an optional extra but mine has one, it just slips onto the cold shoe. They're not uncommon, and incredibly useful. Second, it *will* work without a film in the camera, you just have to scroll the feed wheel forward manually, and then the shutter will work. Bit clunky, but that's how you would test it at the car boot.

[@cw7422]

My dad bought one in 1957 and I used it until the mid 80s.

[@ducksongfans]

found this in my attic with a bunch of old photos from the 50's it was my grandfathers

[@fictionuk]

Ive ditch my Nikon and after 16 years gone back to film. I bought one of these a couple of weeks ago off Gumtree. Its absolutely showroom/museum condition. I'm guessing it was used once and then forgotten about. I paid with postage and insurance a lofty 25 quid lol and when it arrived I was genuinely stunned at the build quality, the way it feels in the hand, its aesthetics and fabulous looks and with patients I hope what will be a fine little camera. I really can't wait to finish the film. Thanx for the vid

[@beforedigital]

Have fun with the Vito! Thanks for watching!

[@Deltamomusic]

I have one

[@andrewwilkin1923]

Lovely cameras, they weigh more than they look. Agree the smaller viewfinders look better. Have a couple of these with cold shoe rangefinders and lens hoods. Takes great photographs.

[@reinhartreuschel5499]

We owned the VITO BL, it costs DM 218; that was a little more expensive than mainstream cameras like Adox, Agfa, Bilora, Dacora... The ad slogan was "Voigtlaender - because of its good lens".

[@paultaylorphotography9499]

Great review cheers bidding on one of these wee beasts at the moment pretty cheap so far 📷❤️❤️

[@13DCR]

Thanks for the great video. Great lighting in your video today. Remember the time of the day for future videos :-))

[@mamiyapress]

I have the Voigtlander Vitoret with the color-lanthar 50mm f2.8 in beautiful condition but sadly it has a fault with nowhere to have it repaired.

[@beforedigital]

Sorry to hear that,camera repair is certainly getting harder to find.

[@cliffordbrown1135]

The earlier model had a rectilinear focusing lens, the later model had front cell focussing. The former was much superior.

[@beforedigital]

That would help to explain it, most impressed by these cameras, thank you for watching! Andy

[@tkling5909]

Hi, do you recommend the vito B or vito BL?

[@beforedigital]

The vito B is lighter and just seems to handle better. The advantage with the bl is the meter. Meters are the part which can sometimes fail. Personally I would go for the Vito b. Thanks for watching. Andy

[@tkling5909]

@@beforedigital thanks!