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Voigtlnder Bessa-R2M, Bessa-R3M and 50mm f/2 lens - Voigtlnder have just announced the Bessa R2M and R3M Special Edition cameras in celebration of their 250th Anniversary.
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This will be a limited production run of 2,500 units, and stocks are expected from July.
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They were an optical company (probably made microscopes like Zeiss did/do) in their early days.
I've found a UK dealer taking orders for the R2M/R3M at 600 each plus VAT. They have "250 Jahre" on the top-plate - is this the limited edition bit, as opposed to the R2M/R3M as a whole? I was just thinking, it'd be expensive to design the machanism for the camera and kit out a factory or source production for only 2,500 cameras, especially when they're selling for 'only' 600 each, retail.. I wonder if, after 2,500 units, Cosina/Voigtlander will just drop the anniversary text from the top-plate and continue production. (wishful thinking, because I want one!)
Isn't a Bessa R2A simply an electronic shutter, Aperture Priority update of the manual shutter R2? In which case, isn't the R2M just an R2 with an R2A rewind knob and '250 Jahre' written on the top?
Still, as you can't get new R2's anymore thats not neccessarily a bad thing, the price aside. Wish they came in the superlative olive green colour though!
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