Voigtländer Prominent

One of the very first interchangeable lenses camera with leaf shutter. Build quality is something we're no longer used in modern days. Exceptional lenses were available, in particular the Nokton and the Ultron very sought today as well for usage (through an adapter) on Leicas.

The camera did not reach the success of its major competitors (Leica and Contax) and has always been criticized by the placement of the focusing (left) and winding (right) knobs.

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16/4/2024

My camera just got CLA-ed and I still have to shot my first roll on it

14/4/2024

I started using the camera. My experience so far.

1. I am wearing eyeglasses, the viewfinder is a bit hard to use but usable.
2. I am willing to shoot at maximum aperture to take advantage the bokeh of this lens. I therefore browsed through all the filters and step up rings I own to discover that this lens requires a 45 mm (0.5 pitch hopefully according to some specialists). I have a nice set of NEEWER ND2 58 mm filters for my GF670 that I want to use and am therefore now looking for the appropriate step up ring. More to come ...

 25/9/2024

Got the step-up adapter and went shooting. The use experience is rather good and the lens is an excellent performer. I tested the action shooting and results are more than satisfactory.

Film : badly expired AGFA APX 100 (12 years old)

Developer : Pyro 510