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== Links == |
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+ | * [http://www.rolandandcaroline.co.uk/voigb.html Focusing Brillant] in [http://www.rolandandcaroline.co.uk/index.html Roland and Caroline's home page] |
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+ | * [http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/v_brilliant.html Brillant V6] at [http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/ Matt Denton's site] |
| + | * [http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/brilia_e.htm Brillant] at [http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/index_e.html ''The Classic Camera''], with an interesting note of the Brillant's use of an extinction meter |
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| − | * An interesting note of the Brillants use of an [http://www.cosmonet.org/camera/brilia_e.htm extinction meter] on ''The Classic Camera'' |
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[[Category: 6x6 pseudo TLR]] |
[[Category: 6x6 pseudo TLR]] |
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Revision as of 21:06, 3 October 2006
| German TLR () | |
|---|---|
| 35 mm | Contaflex | Agfa Flexilette | Optima Reflex |
| 3×4 | Pilot Reflex |
| 4×4 | Baby Rolleiflex (1931) | Baby Rolleiflex (1957) |
| 6×6 | Altiflex | Amplion Reflex | Brillant | Flektar | Flexo | Flexora | Flexora II | Flexora III | Foth-Flex | Ikoflex Ic | Ikoflex Ia Ikoflex Favorit | Mentorett | Montiflex | Peerflekta | Perfekta | Photina Reflex | Plascaflex | Plascaflex PS 35 | Plascaflex V 45 | Reflecta | Reflekta | Reflekta II | Rica Flex | Rocca Automatic | Rocca Super Reflex | Rolleiflex | Rolleicord | Rollop | Superb | Superflex | Trumpfreflex | Vitaflex | Weltaflex | Wirgin Reflex |
| 6×9 | Superfekta |
Introduction
The first Voigtländer Brillant was released in 1932. This early Brillant resembled a TLR but it was technically closer to a box camera, since it could not be focused in the viewfinder. While contemporary TLRs had rather dim ground glass viewfinder, the Brillant had a so called brilliant finder made of plain glass. The 1932 version had a metal camerabody. From 1937 onwards, Brillants were made of bakelite, a polymer, and introduced an accessory compartment for an extinction meter or filters. This 1937 version is known as the Brillant V6. The next major step took place in 1938. This year saw the introdcution of the Focusing Brillant. A small opaque spot was added in the brillant finder to focus on. The viewing and taking lens were coupled outside the body through gears. After the introduction of this focusing model, the zone focusing models were still being produced.
Focusing
Pre-1938 models used zone focusing. This means there were three markings: Portrait, Group and Landscape, all supposing a standard distance or depth-of-field. A small table with the right distances was provided in the manual (see links) or inside the accessory shoe holder. Different language versions were made for various countries; German, English and Czechoslovak versions have been reported. Apart from this zon-focusing, a distance scale in meters or feet and a depth-of-field scale were provided to make an educated guess of whether or not your picture would be in focus. The introduction of the Focusing Brillant added a third way of focusing: a visual focus check on a small dot of ground glass in the viewfinder.
Eva Besnyö
Famed Hungarian-Dutch photographer Eva Besnyö used a Brillant for her early work.
Variations
- Early models have a metal body, later models are made of bakelite. Most models have swing door for accessories. Some models have a rotating accerssory door.
- Aperture, lens and shutter may vary from type to type and in time.
- Soviet camera factory GOMZ/LOMO made Komsomolets and Lubitel cameras that were clearly based on the Voigtländer Brillant.
Links
In English:
- Focusing Brillant in Roland and Caroline's home page
- Brillant V6 at Matt Denton's site
- Brillant at The Classic Camera, with an interesting note of the Brillant's use of an extinction meter
- Online Brillant manual in F. and S. Marriott's photographic pages
In German: