Voigtlander Bessa R Review

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So for myself, I had been shooting on a Leica IIIF for a few years now and despite my very strong love for that camera, I had been hankering for a body with a coupled rangefinder as opposed to the smaller uncouple one of the Leica screw mount series. For a while I had toyed with the idea of purchasing a Leica M2 due to its wider viewfinder (0.72x) as I wear glasses and struggle to see into most viewfinders. I’ve only worn glasses for the last six months so shooting with the IIIF started to become a struggle. After narrowly missing out on a used M2 in good nic for 238 GBP on ebay, I became aware of the Voigtländer series of rangefinders. This was a discovery that changed many things for me photographically.  Continue reading →