Comments on: 1938 Voigtländer Brilliant http://www.theneptuneproject.com/?p=1152 the rural Norfolk darkroom experiment Fri, 24 Jan 2014 01:24:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Bruce http://www.theneptuneproject.com/?p=1152#comment-337 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:13:48 +0000 http://www.theneptuneproject.com/?p=1152#comment-337 Nice pics from that old machine! Just for the sake of accuracy, the Rolleiflex Standard was capable of focusing using the viewfinder from 1932. I’m not aware the Voigtlander broke any new ground although they’re lovely old cameras. I just picked one up off Ebay for a tenner that’s working fine but needs a good clean. Now I’m looking for a dismantling guide.

Bruce

]]> By: Jem http://www.theneptuneproject.com/?p=1152#comment-235 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:32:30 +0000 http://www.theneptuneproject.com/?p=1152#comment-235 Thanks Mike, of course I meant that it was the first which you could focus using the viewfinder, my poor sentence construction has undermined my meaning!
Cheers for the correction and the encouragement.

]]> By: Mike http://www.theneptuneproject.com/?p=1152#comment-222 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:13:27 +0000 http://www.theneptuneproject.com/?p=1152#comment-222 “The Voigtländer Brilliant of 1938 was the world’s first focusing TLR…”

The model you refer to was the first Brilliant that had the taking and viewing lens coupled for focusing. However, all the Brilliants could be focused.

The first Rolleiflex came out in 1929. The first Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex dates from 1934.

All that aside, you’ve got a very nice blog with some excellent work.

Regards,
Mike Connealy
mconnealy.com

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