Bessamatic

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Voigtländer & Sohn
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Braunschweig
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1959
PRODUCTION DATES: ca. 1959-
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36 mm.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm SLR
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  Zoomar f2.8/36-82mm
  Skopar f2.8/50mm
  Synchro-Compur shutter
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "c1959. 35mm SLR, built-in meter. Synchro-Compur shutter. Inter-
  changeable lenses. With Zoomar f2.8/36-82mm (world's first SLR Zoom
  lens). With Skopar f2.8/50mm." (McKeown: 416)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: V891.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 891

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van. --150 Classic Cameras: From 1839 to the Present.-- London: Sotheby's Publications, 1989. pp 192.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. 416.//