Voigtlander VF101
If you're looking for a camera that punches above its weight, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better candidate than the Voigtlander VF101. Starting out as the Zeiss Ikon S310/312 camera in 1970, the name Voigtlander was put on the camera in 1972, when Rollei began to produce the camera in Singapore. It's a very simple, fully electronic, aperture-priority 35mm rangefinder camera that fits easily into a pocket.
The VF101 is outfitted with a 40mm f/2.8 color skopar lens, based on the famous Tessar four-element design. Tessar lenses are known for their sharp image reproduction, especially when using mid-range apertures. Combine this characteristic with a nice rangefinder and an electronic shutter, and the Voigtlander VF101 presents itself as a brilliant alternative to larger cameras.
With its electronic shutter, the VF101 relies on the user setting the film speed and aperture before it calculates the correct shutter speed, there is no user-selected shutter speed control. Instead, what the photographer gets is a needle in the viewfinder showing what shutter speed the camera will use. With regards to full manual exposure control, there is none with the VF101. The closest you can get is to set the camera to flash mode or remove the batteries to lock the shutter speed at 1/30, but that is it for full manual.
As easy as it may be to overlook these little cameras, they are worth much more than a quick glance. Put one in your hands and your biggest problem will be figuring out how to put it down.
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