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Voigtländer (Bergheil) Plate Camera

I have not succeeded to sniff out the name either a manufacturer of this old 9 x12 plate camera. It seems to be in one peace and the traces apparently leads to Germany. My guess is, that it is some of the Voigtländer Bergheil cameras.

It is partly repainted but the paint on a door between the rails appears to be original but there is no markings on it.

On the compur shutter dial is written "Voigtländer". The lens is G.Rodenstock Trinar Anastigmat 1:4,5 /13,5cm.

This doesn't´t proof that this camera is made by Voigtländer. The lens/shutter combination could have been changed which btw is not obvious.

Now I have got information about this camera by a visitor. He wrote that it most likely is made by Voigtländer. He even succeeded which model it is. Unfortunately by a mistake I deleted an e-mail that he sent to me. Gone what´s gone. Spam gets my trigger finger a bit squeamish. Thank you very much anyhow.

This camera has a ground glass focusing and a scale focusing. Shifting the lens is also possible as usual in this kind of cameras. It seems to be in good working condition and I am sure that loading it with a glass plate film would make it capable to produce acceptable pictures.