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Voss Diax II |
 Version française |
Manufactured or assembled in from 1951 to 1954.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 6585
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Chronology of cameras Voss
Walter Voss, born in Thuringia in Dingelstädt in 1908, gave his name to the company that produced the Diax and Diaxette series. After studying in the field of commerce, he was able to surround himself with competent engineers to create the Diax-Kamera-Werk Voss located in Ulm/Donau.
From 1947 to 1957, the company produced approximately 100,000 cameras. The factory always remained the smallest camera manufacturing facility in Germany, with a maximum of 70 employees and a craft-oriented spirit.
In 1957, the factory closed its doors. Unlike the many takeovers and mergers that were happening at that time and into the mid-1960s, the company was liquidated, with Walter Voss admitting that his products were no longer competitive in the face of Japanese competition.
Like the Diax I, the Diax II is a rangefinder camera with interchangeable lenses. On the Diax II, there is a single viewfinder. However, on the Diax IIa and IIb models, there are two rangefinder viewfinders, each corresponding to one of the focal lengths of the lenses that can be mounted on the camera.
| Model | Years | Lens | ||
| Diax |
1947 | Axinon 3.5/4 | Flat hood | Diax inscription on the hood |
| Diax | 1948 | Steinheil Culminar 2.8/4.2 | Flat hood | Diax and Voss inscriptions on the hood |
| Diax |
1949-51 | Steinheil Culminar 2.8/4.2 Schneider Xenar 2.8/4.5 Schneider Xenon 2/4.5 Rodenstock Heligon 2/4.5 |
Flat hood | Front sync socket |
| Diax | 1951-52 | Schneider Xenar 2.8/4.5 Schneider Xenon 2/4.5 Rodenstock Heligon 2/4.5 |
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| with interchangeable lenses | ||||
| Diax Ia | 1952-55 | 3 viewfinders | Film advance knob | |
| Diax Ib | 1955-57 | 3 viewfinders | Film advance lever | |
| with interchangeable lenses and couipled rangefinder | ||||
| Diax II | 1951-54 | 1 viewfinder | ||
| Diax IIa | 1954-55 | 2 viewfinders 45-50/85-90 mm |
Film advance knob | |
| Diax IIb | 1955-57 | 2 viewfinders 50/85-90 mm |
Film advance lever | |
La numérotation des modèles Diax est perturbante, car le Diax II n'est pas une évolution du Diax Ia, mais le fruit d'une autre branche de l'arbre de l'évolution des Diax. Le Ia est à objectif interchangeable et propose une solution technique rare, puisque à chaque objectif correspond un viseur particulier. Le Diax II est un modèle à télémètre.
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