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Msteen1314
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Username: Msteen1314
Post Number: 21
Registered: 04-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 06:04 pm: | 
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While technically not a repair issue, is any one familiar with how the strap for a Vito B is attached.
Did the strap in fact use a coupling device to attach it to the studs (similar to a Hasselblad) or was it simply attached by means of a slit in a leather strap.
I've been unable to see any reference to straps in any Voigtlander literature.
Thanks
Martin |
Ron_g
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Username: Ron_g
Post Number: 87
Registered: 07-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 04:24 am: |
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I don't think that those cameras had any provision for straps.I have several Vito CL/CLRs and the bottom half of the case provided the attaching point for straps.I also have a few Bessamatics that do not have strap mounts either.Ron G |
Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 86
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 05:15 am: |
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I know exactly what you mean. There are two posts/buttons at each end of the camera that would be for a strap. I have the original box and manual for my Vito B and I don't think there is any mention of a strap. As Ron said, alot of cameras of this period required the use of the leather case if you wanted a strap. I have found that the strap from my Kowa Six works perfectly on the Vito (it may be similar to a Hasselblad strap). A strap with a slit in the end as you mention may be the easiest wat to go. |
Msteen1314
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Username: Msteen1314
Post Number: 23
Registered: 04-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 10:32 pm: |
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thanks guys |
Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 88
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 05:27 am: |
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Just to update...I checked my manual, and in the excessories list it does have a leather strap. I don't know if this refers to a replacement for the strap that comes with the case or not. There is no description or picture. |
Ernestojl
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Username: Ernestojl
Post Number: 5
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 09:25 am: |
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Only a few Voigtländers came with provision for body straps, IIRC, only the Vitomatic I and the II, not supplied but as accesories. All the other cameras required you to use the half case to have a neck strap. BTW, some models came with a two piece strap, a short one (about 250 mm long) strap, and another part to lenghten it to about 650 mm. |
Fallisphoto
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Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 166
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 06:55 pm: |
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If your Vito II looks like this: http://tinyurl.com/3wgqg55
then the strap does not attach to it. The neck strap attaches to the ever-ready case, like this: http://tinyurl.com/3z5gyk8 |
Br1078lum
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Username: Br1078lum
Post Number: 142
Registered: 11-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 - 08:11 pm: |
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Fallisphoto, the Vito B is a solid lens mount camera, as opposed to the folder Vito IIa you supplied a link to. It should have a couple of studs on either side of the body that will take a cut-slot strap, of which any manufacture will do. One can take a Yashica strap, remove the studs, and it makes a perfect substitute for the original Voigtlander model. Don't think you will find an original one in good condition after all these years, and there is not such a great call for them that anyone is making a replica.
PF |
Fallisphoto
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Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 168
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 09:26 am: |
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Sorry. He said Vito B and I saw Vito II. |
