This is my oldest camera I own, from the serial number, my best estimate this camera was made in Germany in 1938. It still works and performs excellent. A sample photo:
Very nice I as well have an old Bessa, its the one with the square eyepiece mounted on it rather than yours where the viewfinder is designed into the camera better. I do have a few little box cameras which could be older, I can't say I have shot any of those however. I have medium and large format cameras I tend to shoot when I shoot film.
Those are wonderful old cameras aren't they? I run a roll through all my old cameras about every 2 or 3 years. There is a lab near me called ProPhoto that I use and they still develop film the old fashioned way.
I would run rolls through more often on my film cameras if I didn't have to mail order. That's why when i do shoot film its mostly medium format so I can get so decent resolution scans with my mail order for the money.
I was given a 1930's Voigtlander Bessa 66 -- I had to get into the lens to clean out some 'Haze' but it is very good now . I have taken Colour and B&W with it and I process it all myself. Voigtlander BESSA 66 01 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr I did a VIDEO about it -- you can see it here : Hazy Lens before Cleaning -- Bessa 66 02 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr Colour Test of 75mm f3.5 'Voigtar' lens BESSA 66 Colour Tests by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Nice images from a lovely old camera, I have my Father's Step-mother's Kodak from the same era. it had a slipping shutter mechanism but I adjusted this and it now works fine, bellows a light tight and I have purchased a pair of 620 film roll holders, when I get the time I will re-roll some 120 film for it.
