Voigtlander Vag Camera
Title
Voigtlander Vag Camera
Subject
Optics
Description
Manufactured about 1920 by Voigtländer & Sohn AG of Braunschweig, Germany. A folding plate camera using a 6x9cm film back. It has a Voigtländer Anastigmat Voigtar 105mm f/6.3 lens set in a IBSOR DDR shutter made by AGC and having the AGC trademark (a symbol of three half-open shutter blades). The camera has a spring loaded bed, full twist and rise for the front lens assembly (with indents at “standard” intervals), a unique folding viewfinder and a large fold up sport finder. Its leather carry handle is embossed with “Vag” in Voigtländer’s unique script.
Source
Property of the W&L Physics & Engineering Department
- Date Added
- December 15, 2011
- Tags
- Optics
- Citation
- “Voigtlander Vag Camera,” Antique Scientific Instruments at Washington and Lee University, accessed April 26, 2024, https://physicsapparatus.omeka.net/items/show/54.