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    The Bessamatic and Ultramatic were lines of 35mm SLR cameras made by Voigtländer in the 1960s, featuring a selenium meter. It uses a leaf shutter, similar...
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    Television Engineers Inc. "Bessamatic / Objektive" [Bessamatic / Lenses]. Der Klinterklater (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2023. "Bessamatic / Objektive (Skoparex...
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    comparable to the Ultron In addition, Voigtländer offered the Zoomar with its Bessamatic starting from 1959. The Zoomar was designed by Frank G. Back of Zoomar...
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    DKL mount for the Bessamatic single-lens reflex camera, but implemented physical differences that left the Vitessa and Bessamatic mutually incompatible...
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    (1932–36) Contaflex SLR Icarex 35 SLR Contarex 1 ("Bullseye") SLR Voigtländer Bessamatic SLR Kiev 4A rangefinder Contessamat compact After World War II, the Dresden...
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    Bessamatic, Retina- and Paxette-reflex, Zenit's next attempt was the Zenit-4 (1964), -5 and -6 cameras. These were based on a Voigtländer Bessamatic-type...
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    Voigtländer Bessamatic DKL-mount 45.7 mm SLR 24×36 mm 1958–1967 11+2 1 0 0 DKL variants used by Bessamatic, Bessamatic deLuxe, Bessamatic m, Bessamatic CS, Ultramatic...
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    photography, the famous 36-82/2.8 Zoomar. It was originally made in Voigtländer Bessamatic and Exakta mount. Most Kilfitt and Zoomar lenses left the factory with...
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    amateurs. Voigtländer also offered a line of single lens reflex cameras, the Bessamatic/Ultramatic. After the Voigtländer brand was acquired by Carl Zeiss AG...
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    adapter to use Nikon AIS AI lenses on K-mount. Adapter for Voigtländer Bessamatic and Voigtländer Ultramatic lenses, Kodak Retina Reflex, or Kodak Retina...
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    acquired the remainder of the company in 1956; Voigtländer released the Bessamatic/Ultramatic line of SLRs with leaf shutters and DKL-mount interchangeable...
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    1956 Retina Reflex, the 1957 Hasselblad 500, and the 1959 Voigtländer Bessamatic. However, it does not have the built-in eye-level pentaprism finder, which...
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    Voigtländer-Zoomar 36-82mm f/2.8 (USA/West Germany) of 1959, for Voigtländer Bessamatic series (1959, West Germany) 35mm leaf shutter SLRs. It was designed by...
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    lines starting from the 1950s, including the Contaflex SLR, Contarex, Bessamatic (as Voigtländer, which had been acquired in 1956), and Icarex, but none...
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  • lines, including the Vito, Vitessa, and Prominent rangefinders and the Bessamatic/Ultramatic SLR lines. Closed, the Bessa I and II were 6+5⁄8 in × 4 in...
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    1956, the Kodak Retina Reflex was launched, followed by the Voigtländer Bessamatic and the Ultramatic. The market soon flourished with leaf-shuttered SLR...
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    spring-loaded shutter button plunger connection rod. 1958 Voigtländer Bessamatic first leaf shutter 35mm SLR with a built-in light meter coupled to a viewfinder...
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