It’s the mid-Sixties. Dad is coming by way of the door – dwelling from work ultimately. Hanging from his neck he has two cameras – a Rolleiflex for folks footage and his trusty Voigtlander Vitomatic II for virtually all the pieces else. In his arms are two circumstances. One for his papers and the opposite for his movie paraphernalia: leather-cased Weston gentle meter, vibrant mustard-yellow containers of medium format and 35mm movie, lens brushes, filters, cable launch. He locations the cameras and circumstances fastidiously within the hallway. They’re sacred instruments to not be touched by youngsters.
Sixty years later, I’ve introduced the Voigtlander out of hibernation. It’s a phenomenal piece of overbuilt West German engineering which, although small, weighs the higher a part of 900 grams. The viewfinder is massive and clear and the dual-image rangefinder simple to grasp. There’s a built-in selenium-cell gentle meter which remains to be working completely. (The key is to maintain it coated when not in use.) The lens is a hard and fast Voigtlander Shade-Skopar f2.8 50 mm with a Prontor SLK-V shutter.
These cameras had been highly-prized by critical amateurs of their day. And well-kept Vitomatics in good situation at present seem like missed, making them wonderful worth in case you fancy making an attempt a top quality rangefinder and wish to construct up your biceps.
When on vacation Dad appreciated to rise up early and steal away to catch the golden hour earlier than breakfast. I did the identical to take these footage of locations he knew and beloved alongside the coast at Bosham Harbour and Selsey simply south of Chichester, England.
The inventory is Kodak Gold 200.
The header picture and the ultimate picture had been taken by my father. The primary is me on my go-cart and the second exhibits my youthful sister beating me at draughts, once more!
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