Voigtlander Vag Camera
Title
Voigtlander Vag Camera
Subject
Optics
Description
Manufactured about 1920 by Voigtländer & Sohn AG of Braunschweig, Germany. A folding plate camera using a 6x9cm film back. It has a Voigtländer Anastigmat Voigtar 105mm f/6.3 lens set in a IBSOR DDR shutter made by AGC and having the AGC trademark (a symbol of three half-open shutter blades). The camera has a spring loaded bed, full twist and rise for the front lens assembly (with indents at “standard” intervals), a unique folding viewfinder and a large fold up sport finder. Its leather carry handle is embossed with “Vag” in Voigtländer’s unique script.
Source
Property of the W&L Physics & Engineering Department
Files
Citation
“Voigtlander Vag Camera,” Digital Exhibits at Washington and Lee University Library, accessed September 19, 2024, https://omeka.wlu.edu/omekaorigin/items/show/218.