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   Local trade into our shop! For sale is a RARE VINTAGE VOIGTLANDER ZOOMAR 36MM-82MM f2.8 LENS! It looks like it will mount up to a body and take photos just fine but we did notice some marks on the glass and some internal blemishes that would likely need to be addressed for it to truly be perfect. See photos as it is hard to photograph. That said, the lens would be an amazing addition to a collection or as a restoration if serviced to be used to film or take gorgeous still images. In all the years we have been in business this is the only example to ever walk through our door! So ...

   The Voigtländer Prominent is a 35 mm leaf shutter. Featuring interchangeable lenses, the first camera of this type. In 1950, in competition with Leicas. The lenses attach with a bayonet fitting unique to the Prominent. The shutter is a Synchro-Compur, giving speeds 1 - 1/500 second, plus'B', with a delayed action. It has switchable M- and X- flash synchronisation. He kept the box for the camera and the box for the lens. It some with a body cap and the lens caps, filters and a hood. I have adapted the Nokton 1.5 lens to a Sony camera and the lizard picture is one I took with ...