1931 Voigtlander Jubilar at the farm

[rgeorge911]

My parent (God love 'em) sent me a 1931 Voigtlander Jubilar (which believe it or not was named after the Jubilee that the Voigtlander company had for it's 175th birthday!) that Mom picked up in an antique shop in Oklahoma, where they live.  It sports a Voigtar f9 lens (with f9, f12.5, and f16 options), two-point focus (2.5-6m, 6m-infinity) and four shutter speeds (T, B, 25, 50).  It shoots 6x9 images on 120 film.  When I received it, it had a stuck focus, and very dirty lens elements inside.  I got it freed up, and took both front and back elements out for cleaning.  It cleaned up real nice.

Here's what it looks like:

_1040878.jpg by reed_flickr (www.creativeobjective.com), on Flickr

That little viewfinder gadget is near impossible to use.  

Anyway, I loaded her up with a roll of Kodak Tmax 100 and took her and the kid to the farm this weekend.  Here's what 5 of the 8 shots looked like after developing them in Tmax developer today:


Untitled-1.jpg by reed_flickr (www.creativeobjective.com), on Flickr


Untitled-3.jpg by reed_flickr (www.creativeobjective.com), on Flickr


Untitled-4.jpg by reed_flickr (www.creativeobjective.com), on Flickr


Untitled-9.jpg by reed_flickr (www.creativeobjective.com), on Flickr


Untitled-11.jpg by reed_flickr (www.creativeobjective.com), on Flickr

I don't think it will replace my D700 anytime soon.  But that's pretty impressive for 1931 technology!  Thanks, Mom!

Regards,
Reed

[Dennis Gallus]

Reed,

Wow!  What snappy images from a doublet lens.  That camera does a great job.  And you must have held it very steady to get such sharp results with the limited shutter speeds.

I like the last shot of Christine in the porch chair.  Tell her hi from us.

Dennis

[jamesmck]

I echo Dennis's comments.  What a great performance from that aged, simple camera.  And, the model does her usual fine job!

James

[radiophoto]

Also interesting is that you were able to make such nice exposures in the shade.  Very nice stuff, Reed!  Congrats on getting a folder with light-tight bellows, too.

[shadowfox]

Amazing that the bellow is light-tight !!

Nice photos, real nice.

Say, are we in the twilight zone, I remember Nelsonfoto has a dark background...  :confused:

[rgeorge911]

Say, are we in the twilight zone, I remember Nelsonfoto has a dark background...  :confused:

Not that I remember...

Thanks for the comments everyone.  This is a fun old contraption.

Reed

[br1078lum]

Model T's were contraptions.  What you've got there is a fine machine. 

PF

[Nick Merritt]

Terrific, Reed!