Virtus

c. 1933

Voigtländer & Sohn

Braunschweig

Germany

Lens:

f4.5, 7.5 cm Skopar, iris diaphragm to f22. Serial no. 871137 .

Shutter:

Embezet, speeds 1/25 - 1/100, B, T. Delayed action.

Construction:

Leather covered metal body, leather bellows.

Format:

16, 6 x 4.5 cm exposures on 120 roll-film.

Focusing:

Bellows to 3.5 feet.

Attributes:

Optical eye-level finder with automatic parallax adjustment.
Film advance indicated by two red windows, not coupled to shutter.
Self-erecting front. Depth-of-field scale.

Identification:

Version with stand in the centre of the folding bed, no covers to red windows.

Serial Number:

E300875 .

With:

Voigtländer case.

The Virtus was similar to the Perkeo but took 120 roll-film rather than 127. Early models had the folding stand to the side of the folding bed, later it was in the middle, some (? early) versions have covers to the red windows. As well as the f3.5 Skopar lens the Virtus was available with an f3.5 Heliar or an f4.5 Skopar, the shutter was either a rim-set Compur or an Embezet.

Early Photography