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| Prominent, Heliar 10.5cm f/4.5. Picture by Cancela de Sas. (Image rights) |
Prominent, Heliar 10.5cm f/4.5. Picture by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
The Prominent is a folding bed rollfilm camera made by Voigtländer in 1932. It was the first camera with built-in light meter, an optical meter type, maybe an extinction meter. And it was Voigtländer's first rangefinder camera. It was available with fine lenses like the Heliar 1:4.5 105mm with 5 elements in 3 groups, or even a Heliar 1:3.5 105mm. Together with a fine leaf shutter like the Compur B or the rare Turbo. The camera gave eight 6×9cm or sixteen 6×4.5cm exposures on one roll of 120 film. Despite of being made of light metal it weighs 790 g.
 
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| Prominent, Heliar 10.5cm f/4.5. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
Links[]
- Prominent at The Classic Camera
- Prominent at UK Camera
- Prominent at Cinci [1] (German)
- Voigtländer patents
- At www.collection-appareils.fr :