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23-456: Every Cosina Voigtländer Bessa camera has a double focal-plane shutter with two sets of curtains to prevent damage by the sun. Shutter speeds range from 1 to 1 ⁄ 2000  s and bulb (B), with flash sync at 1 ⁄ 125  s on hot-shoe or PC terminal. They all have TTL exposure metering, and manual exposure controls; models with an "A" suffix (e.g., R2A, R3A, R4A) also have an aperture priority automatic mode. The first model

46-439: A Contax. These were the 85mm, 105mm, and 135mm lenses. Each was marked with a "C" on the side of the lens barrel. This is not to be confused with a "C" mark used as a suffix to the serial number. Some early Nikkors used this mark to denote that the lenses were coated . The mount itself has two bayonets, one inside the camera and another outside. Lenses that use the bayonet inside the camera need have no focusing helicoid built into

69-667: A green light in between to indicate over, under, or correct exposure. For some markets, the Voigtländer Bessa-L was sold as the Cosina 107-SW . The Bessa-L was supplemented in 2001 by the Bessa-T , which used the Leica M-mount , could receive a trigger advance design, and had an integrated rangefinder with high magnification, but no viewfinder. It was sold in silver or black; from 2002, also in gray or olive (at

92-541: A higher price and perhaps only in Japan). It is now discontinued. In 2001, the Bessa-T was sold in a special kit, called Heliar 101st Anniversary (in short "T101"), with a 50 mm f:3.5 collapsible Heliar lens, for the anniversary of the Voigtländer Heliar lens design. It existed in black, grey, olive and blue: five hundred numbered examples were produced for each color. The Bessa-R , introduced in 2000,

115-576: A hyperfocal setting. Both cameras were discontinued after December 2012. The Bessa R2M and Bessa R3M , both announced in Germany around March 2006 and in May elsewhere, are the updated manual-exposure, mechanical-shutter equivalents of the R2A and R3A . A special 250th Anniversary Set, sold with a 50 mm f /2 M-mount collapsible Heliar lens, was also announced. They were sold in black (1000 examples of

138-542: Is used to mount longer and heavier lenses where the built-in helicoid would not be strong enough to rotate the lens barrel. Such lenses are focused using a focusing ring and distance scale on the lens just like typical SLR lenses (the distance scale on the camera body will be covered by the lens flange and thus not visible). Nikon produced a large range of Nikkor lenses for these cameras with focal lengths from 21mm to 1000mm . Several other manufacturers including Fuji (now Fujifilm ), Komura and Zunow made S-mount lenses at

161-489: The Bessa ;R2 , with the Leica M-mount and an aperture-priority automatic exposure, switchable to manual. The R2A has a finder with a 0.7x magnification, and 35/50/75/90 frame lines. The R3A has a finder with a 1x magnification, and 40/50/75/90 frame lines. Both can take the trigger advance accessory. They were sold in textured black or flat grey paint finishes. These cameras feature an electronic shutter, making

184-660: The R3M , 500 of the R2M ) or silver (700 of the R3M , 300 of the R2M ). The Bessa R3m has a 1x viewfinder and 40/50/75/90 framelines. The internal meter requires batteries to operate but since the camera is mechanical it can still take pictures with no batteries. Announced in October, 2006 at photokina , the Bessa R4M and Bessa R4A were the first Leica M-mount cameras to include framelines wider than 28 mm. The R4 -series keeps

207-572: The Zeiss Ikon branding, with features similar to the Bessa-R3A, including an autoexposure mode and Leica M mount compatibility, and a longer rangefinder base length. The ZM finder has 0.74× magnification and frame lines for 28, 35, 50, and 85 mm lenses. The SW omits the rangefinder and viewfinder assembly altogether and is intended for use with ultra wide angle lenses , which take advantage of extended depth of field to enable scale focusing at

230-580: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 946940544 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:32:38 GMT Nikon S-mount The Nikon S-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount used by a series of Nikon 35mm rangefinder cameras ( Nikon I , Nikon M , Nikon S , Nikon S2 , Nikon SP , Nikon S3 , Nikon S4 ). The lenses were sold under

253-528: The ability to take the same trigger advance accessory as the Bessa-T . Its quality of fabrication and overall finish was much better than the R, with magnesium alloy replacing the former model's plastic plates and a more substantial cast (as opposed to pressed) metal film rewind lever. The changes resulted in a more solid and marginally larger camera, available in either olive (with chrome detailing) or splatter-textured black paint finishes. The Bessa-R's self-timer

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276-610: The camera inoperable without batteries. The Epson R-D1 was first shown in March 2004 as a prototype interchangeable-lens rangefinder digital camera developed in partnership between Epson and Cosina. It uses an APS-C sensor with 6 megapixel (3008×2000) resolution. Although the appearance is similar to the earlier Bessa-R / R2 , internal features are closer to the Bessa-R2A , including an aperture-priority autoexposure mode. The Zeiss Ikon ZM (2004) and SW (2006) were introduced under

299-577: The framelines are for 40, 50, and 80 mm. Arguably it remains the best Bessa camera for people who wear glasses and primarily use a 40 mm lens. The Bessa-R2S and Bessa-R2C are special versions of the Bessa R2 , introduced in 2002, the Bessa-R2S having a Nikon rangefinder mount and the Bessa-R2C a Contax rangefinder mount . In 2005, shortly before discontinuation of these two models

322-408: The lens barrel. As a consequence, the 5 cm f/1.4 lens that was normally sold with the body is extremely small (about the size of a golf ball) since the lens contains only the optics and aperture. Focusing of such lenses could be done by rotating the toothed wheel on the top front of the camera body or by rotating the lens barrel itself (the distance scale is on the camera body). The external bayonet

345-707: The meter) is dead. The R4M is available in the classic black of the R2 and R3 -series, while the R4A is available in matte black. Mechanical |  Mechanical TTL   |   Electronic Controlled Shutter TTL   This article was originally based on " Bessa (35mm) " in Camerapedia, retrieved at an unknown date under the GNU Free Documentation License . Cosina Voigtl%C3%A4nder Too Many Requests If you report this error to

368-573: The name Nikkor . The mount was a copy of the Zeiss Ikon Contax rangefinder mount, however, small differences between the two mean that although Zeiss wide-angle lenses can be used on the Nikon cameras and vice versa, the longer lenses (50 mm and above), if used, will not be able to focus at both close range and infinity. Nikon made a small number of longer focal length lenses specifically designed to focus properly when mounted on

391-553: The same features as the R3 -series, but utilizes a wide-angle-specific viewfinder with .52x magnification and framelines for 21, 25, 28, 35, and 50 mm lenses. Like the previous limited edition R -series cameras, the R4A features aperture-priority autoexposure, while the R4M features full manual operation, including a mechanical shutter that will continue to work even if the battery (which powers

414-408: Was a rangefinder camera with a projected frame finder and a Leica screw mount . Although considerably cheaper than a Leica M camera, its viewfinder was comparable in function and feeling. It featured manually selectable frames for 35 mm/90 mm, 50 mm, and 75 mm lenses. The body, made of polycarbonate plastics, was not comparable to that of a Leica but was solid enough. All in all it

437-506: Was an inexpensive, all-manual rangefinder with TTL metering at a significantly lower price than a comparably equipped Leica M camera. It was available in black or silver; from 2002, also in navy blue or olive (at a higher price and perhaps only in Japan). The Bessa R2 replaced the Bessa-R in 2002. It was an updated version, with a Leica M-mount replacing the Leica screw mount , and

460-565: Was announced, the Bessa-R2S was also available in a " Nikon Historical Society " (NHS) version with special paintwork and a rigid version of the Heliar f /3.5 50 mm lens sold earlier with the Bessa-T . The set was available to the general public through regular retail channels in the US: Society membership was not required. The Bessa R2A and Bessa R3A were introduced in 2004 and discontinued in 2013. They were updated versions of

483-555: Was deleted from the R2, possibly due to the packaging constraints imposed on the design by the adoption of thicker metal panels. The names Cosina, Voigtländer and Bessa appear nowhere on the Rollei 35 RF (2002), marketed not by Cosina but instead by Rollei Fototechnic . However, the camera is very obviously based on the Bessa R2 . The most obvious differences are the price (much higher) and somewhat gaudy appearance; more importantly

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506-476: Was mostly intended to be used with ultra wide angle lenses, with which the absence of a focusing device is not a problem. Most notably Voigtländer introduced a 15 mm and a 12 mm lens, the latter being the widest rectilinear full-frame lens ever marketed up to then. The Bessa-L has TTL metering with LED readout on the back edge of the top plate with an ASA range of 25–1600 and an EV range 1 to 19 at ASA 100. The readout consists of two red arrows pointing to

529-678: Was the Bessa-L , introduced in 1999. This was a finderless body with a Leica screw mount , and operation and specifications similar to SLRs built by Cosina for other brands, such as the Nikon FM10, Olympus OM-2000, and Ricoh KR-5. It was introduced with a range of Voigtländer 39 mm screw lenses that were quite inexpensive and said to be of excellent quality. It could of course mount all the wide variety of 39 mm screw lenses by manufacturers as diverse as Leica , Canon , Nikon and even cheaper but often excellent Soviet lenses. The Bessa-L

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