Voigtländer Ultramatic CS single lens reflex camera with Color-Skopar X
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
early 1960s
This Voigtländer Ultramatic CS is a classic single lens reflex camera produced in Brunswick, West Germany, during the early 1960s. Representing the top-of-the-line model for the brand at the time, it is constructed from metal, glass, and black imitation leather.
The camera features a distinctive chromed top plate and is noted for its sophisticated design that incorporates a leaf shutter, rather than the more conventional focal plane shutter, which allows for flash synchronization across all shutter speeds. The camera is equipped with a Voigtländer Color-Skopar X 1:2,8/50 lens and a Synchro-Compur shutter assembly, featuring integrated rings for aperture and shutter speed control, a DIN film speed scale, and a V X M flash synchronization selector.
Additional features include a front-mounted shutter release, a top-mounted rewind button, and a base-mounted rapid wind lever with an integrated frame counter and tripod thread. The body is marked with the brand name, model, and the manufacturing origin on the rear casing.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- metal, imitation leather, glass
Technical characteristics
- Lens
- Voigtländer Color-Skopar X 1:2,8/50
- Shutter type
- leaf shutter
- Shutter model
- Synchro-Compur
Design
- Marks
- Voigtländer, Ultramatic CS, Made in West Germany, V X M
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Voigtländer
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.