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I was wondering if anybody could offer advice on this - I have the above camera (bought from the 'bay and in excellent nick) but there does not seem to be any means of altering the ISO. I have trawled t'web without success.

This is the round version so early 60's. Was it made in expectation that only 100 ASA film would be used?

Most of the film I have is Poundland AGFA at 200 ISO, so how best to set up given there is no in-built light meter?

(NB. No info on the Voigtlander Vitoret instruction manual).

Thanks.
 
If there isn't a built in meter (I don't know the camera) then the only point of having an ISO setting would be to remind the photographer what film was in the camera.

You should be judging and setting the exposure yourself, based on any combination of
sunny 16 rule
exposure tables
hand held meter
iphone app
transferred setting from another camera

There's no restriction on which films you can use.
 
I've had decent results using print film (wider latitude) and the Exposure-Mat. I carry a small one in my wallet and a larger one in my bag so that I'm never caught out by batteries dying. :)
 
Thanks.

I guess I over thought this and mixed up the digital side with the film side. It all seems perfectly logical now and I have beeCam on my mobile so good to go.

Cheers.
 
Ah but now you're a film shooter you'll have to leave the smartphone at home and take one of these with you instead.

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In case you think I'm kidding, here's a photo of Andy and Nick at the last film meet. :naughty:

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Lol, brilliant. :D
 
Back to semi seriousness; the shutter speeds can sometimes be a bit out (or a lot out!) on old cameras, so it might be worth taking a notebook with you when you run a test film through the camera? Bracket a couple of your photos with two shots either side of the settings suggested by your meter and see which one/s come out 'correctly' exposed.

Taking notes of which settings you used on each photo should prevent you forgetting which one is which when assessing the results, and enable you to see if the shutter speeds are accurate, slow or fast. You can then compensate for this when using the camera the next time. Don't forget to keep a log of the required compensation (if any) on your computer for future reference as it's easy to forget which camera does what once your collection grows!
 
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Thanks again.

Point taken on the "notebook."

The shutter speeds will be interesting particularly as the camera is in exceptional condition inside and out given its age - which is about the same as mine. I suspect it has not had a dozen films through it in its life. We shall see.
 
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