Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:52 AM 3/8/2000 -0600, Michael Bell wrote: >Can anyone tell me anything about this camera? How old is it? How >does it compare to a Leica. Judging by recent discussions (that I've >not really followed closely) the lens at least seems to be reasonably >well regarded. First, the recent discussions have been about Cosina-made "Voigtlander" lenses which have nothing in common with the fine lenses for the Prominent save for the names. The Prominent was a Postwar camera system made by Voigtlander to rival the Leica, Contax, and Ektra systems as professional and advanced-amateur gear. It is a rather clunky camera body with some sterling lenses, though the selection is quite limited. Production was in the middle 1950's. The 1.5/50 Nokton was especially fine and quite highly regarded. Zeiss considered making this the standard lens on the "Contax IV" which was only to be made in prototype form. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!