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Latest 'Gift' -- VITO CLR
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:23 am
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The Widow Lady, former member of my Camera Club who gave me OM2 SP and lots of other OM gear found another Olympus Lens, E-Zuiko Auto-T 135mm f3.5 and a 1960's Voigtlander VITO CLR wih 50mm f2.8 'Lanthar' lens and case in the garage where lots of her late Husband's gear was stashed after he was found dead behind his Darkroom Door in 1993. I have tested both -- the VITO CLR has coupled rangefinder unlike the VITO 'B' and 'BR' models and the Lanthar lens is sharp -- but I would like to know how it 'differs' from the 'Color-Skopar' on VITO B and BR.
Voigtlander Vito CLR by Peter Elgar, on Flickr


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pentaxpete wrote:
... I have tested both -- the VITO CLR has coupled rangefinder unlike the VITO 'B' and 'BR' models and the Lanthar lens is sharp -- but I would like to know how it 'differs' from the 'Color-Skopar' on VITO B and BR.


From what I gather in the Vade Mecum, the Lanthar is a Triplet, and the Color-Skopar is a Tessar.


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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:00 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:00 am
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Sciolist wrote:
pentaxpete wrote:
... I have tested both -- the VITO CLR has coupled rangefinder unlike the VITO 'B' and 'BR' models and the Lanthar lens is sharp -- but I would like to know how it 'differs' from the 'Color-Skopar' on VITO B and BR.


From what I gather in the Vade Mecum, the Lanthar is a Triplet, and the Color-Skopar is a Tessar.


Yes, the Lanthar and the Voigtar are triplets and the Skopar is a tessar type.


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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 10:17 pm
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The Voigtlander Vito BR does have a coupled rangefinder. I have my father’s copy, purchased new in 1958.


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bbsteinle wrote:
The Voigtlander Vito BR does have a coupled rangefinder. I have my father’s copy, purchased new in 1958.


Welcome Basil!


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Thank you! This my kind of place!
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