Image taken by Mainline Photographics customer Orlando Luminere with a
Voigtlander Bessa and 15mm lens
 

                            The new Voigtlander Bessa R4-M

The two leading Japanese camera magazines, Asahi and Nippon Magazines
are full of the Bessa 4A/M they also mention the 21mm f4P and the 25mm f4P lenses.
 

They say:

"This is definitely a WIDE ANGLE camera. The 21/25/28mm frame lines look great.
The 21mm frame is a bit near the edge of the "box" and if you wear
glasses you may have to move your eye around slightly to see the edges.
The reviewer said that the frame itself remained visible to him. But it's obviously a close
thing with the frame so near the edge. But it will be nice to have lots of space
around the 28mm frame, and be able to frame subjects as they move into and out of the frame.

I like the idea of a parallax corrected 21mm frame and I've fancied trying a 25mm lens
for some time. The two new lenses are very highly rated, "rave" reviews, in fact.
The new 25mm has rangefinder coupling. I don't miss the lack of rangefinder
coupling on the Bessa L which I use with my 21mm lens, but would be nice to have...
and the automatic parallax compensation takes some of the uncertainty of the RF finder away,
which can only be a step in the right direction.

Both lenses have a "P" ( for pancake) designation and are very compact. In fact one of the sales
points is that neither impinges on the area defined by the viewfinder bright lines.
This cannot be said for most of the other lenses likely to be used with the 4M/4A.
Some of the largish retro-focus Zeiss wide angles cut off a considerable portion of the frame,
as do some of the lens shades on Leitz lenses. Asahi Magazine also goes into some detail
on how serious this is for each of the several lenses it tested with the 4A/4M including Canon,
Avenon, Komura, Zeiss, Leitz etc.

This excerpt was taken from articles in both Asahi and Nippon Photographic magazines.

Place your order now to own one of these fantastic cameras.

Voigtlander 35mm Rangefinder Specifications

Brief summary of new features:
Aperture Priority mode with over and under exposure compensation.
A new improved rewind crank allowing more rapid changing of films.
Some extra refinement of the previous models make them a joy to handle and use.

Place your order online now and be among those photographers who enjoy traditional photography.

Stocks of the limited edition Grey Voigtlander Bessa R3-a and Bessa R2-a are almost exhausted.
You will have to be quick as the Voigtlander factory will not be making any more. This is in keeping with their policy

of only making small quantities of collectable models. The price for either model is AU$ 945.00 including GST.

Contact sales@mainlinephoto.com.au to secure your very own collectible, or buy via our secure online shop.

For an unbiased test report by Paul Burrows the editor of Camera Australia send your request to
me "your trusty Photographic Labrador" at rufus@mainlinephoto.com.au or by phone a human on 02-9437-5800

To show our confidence in the quality of Voigtlander products we offer an exclusive 2 year warranty on cameras

and lenses purchased in Australia and New Zealand from our authorised dealers.

Voigtlander f1.4/40mm Nokton Classic lens.

The Voigtlander Nokton f1.4/40mm Classic is the ideal companion for

the new Voigtlander Bessa R3-a which has the matching 40mm bright

frame finder. Any photographer interested in classical journalistic style

of picture taking will fall in love with this combination.

The Voigtlander Nokton 40mm is made to extremely high standards

and produces image of unparalleled brilliance. 

Stop press: The limited edition single coated Nokton f1.4/40mm is now available.
Order via our secure online store

As well as producing high quality, yet affordable, camera bodies, Voigtlander also produces some of the finest lenses

to come from Japan. The range covers focal lengths from 12mm through to 90mm in the Screw and Bayonet mounts.

Some of these are shown below. What we cannot show you is the high quality images they produce.

Only you can judge this after using them.

These are the compact 35mm, the fast f1.5/50mm and the portrait f2.5/75mm lenses

Voigtlander finder for Ricoh GR

The Voigtlander 28mm viewfinder is an ideal companion

for the Ricoh GR Digital. This finder gives the correct
field of view for this camera and is brilliantly clear.

Priced at just AU$220.00 including GST.

To order go to our secure online shop code number 444398

For More Information Contact:

Mainline Photographics Pty Ltd
PO Box 845 Crows Nest NSW 1585
213/68 Alexander Street Crows Nest NSW 2065 Australia
Tel: +61 02-9437-5800
Fax: +61 02-9437-5055
e-mail: rufus@mainlinephoto.com.au