Alpin

1905

Voigtländer & Sohn

Braunschweig

Germany

Lens:

f6, 12 cm Dynar, iris diaphragm to f50, continental scale. Serial no. 84815 (c.1906).

Shutter:

B&L Automat speeded 1 - 1/100, B, T.

Construction:

Leather covered metal body, leather bellows.

Format:

9 x 12 cm plates held in slides.

Focusing:

Bellows to 6 feet. Triple extension.

Attributes:

Eye-level view-finder (lens/post). Focusing lock.

Movements:

Rise and cross front.

Notes:

Retailer's address in case: Sands & Hunter. 37 Bedford St. London. W.C. (1905 - c.1915).

With:

Hooded focusing screen.; 6 single metal slides.; Case.

The Alpin appeared in 1905 and continued into the mid 1920s. It was a top quality camera with many refinements.

Four sizes were made:

9 x 12 cm, 10 x 15 cm, 10 x 15 cm stereo with two lenses and 10 x 15 cm stereo with three lenses (one for mono use mounted between the stereo pair).

A number of variations exist:

Earliest models (1905) were fitted with a B&L Automat shutter and a Dynar lens. The Collinear was probably added slightly later. Later still the Heliar was available.
The shutter was changed to a Koilos in 1906.
By 1909 the shutter was a Compound or Koilos, after a few years the Koilos was dropped.
Late versions have a Compur shutter.

References & Notes:

BJA 1906, p. 1370B.; BJA 1907, pp. 904, 1347.; BJA 1909, p. 1119.; BJA 1910, p. 1068.; BJA 1912, p. 1076.; BJA 1913, pp. 740, 1098.; BJA 1925, p. 746.

Illustrations:

MA, 1250.; Ganzini Cat. 1926-27, p.53.

Early Photography