Bessamatic

The Bessamatic was an 35mm SLR camera made by Voigtländer in the 1960s, featuring a selenium meter. There is also a Bessamatic CS - which has TTL CdS metering, typically fitted with a Lanthar 50mm/f2.8 lens.

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