Leaf shutter SLR introduced by Voigtländer in 1959 to compete with the Zeiss Ikon Contaflex and Kodak Retina Reflex. The first zoom lens in 35mm was made for this system.
Lens Mount: Bessamatic-specific DKL mount.
Light Meter: Coupled selenium cell located above the lens, feeds into a match needle system in the viewfinder that automatically sets the Synchro Compur shutter to the proper range of shutter speeds and apertures.
35mm manual focus DKL mount SLR camera released by Voigtländer in 1959. This leaf-shutter SLR directly competed with the Zeiss Ikon Contaflex and Kodak Retina Reflex, and the first-ever zoom lens for 35mm stills photography was made for this modified DKL mount camera. Metal body available in silver.