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356Voigtl%u00e4nder PR 2248 System CameraPrototypeAn exceptionally rare Voigtl%u00e4nder system camera prototype PR 2248, developed in the mid-1950s as an extremely compact interchangeable-lens camera for 24%u2009%u00d7%u200936%u2009mm film.Designed by Dr. Faulhaber, creator of the Voigtl%u00e4nder Vitessa, the camera is described and illustrated by Claus Prochnow in Voigtl%u00e4nder Report 1, p. 3-102. After Faulhaber ceased working regularly for Voigtl%u00e4nder in 1956, development was continued by Wilhelm Reiche before the project was eventually abandoned.The camera measures only about 58 %u00d7 65 %u00d7 109 mm including the lens and features an ingenious modular construction with detachable lens standard and removable rear section. Before separation, the film gate is closed light-tight by an internal flap operatedvia the large side screw. Film transport and shutter cocking are combined in thelarge top-mounted wheel. The camera is fitted with a Voigtl%u00e4nder Ultron 2/50%u2009mmin Vario shutter and focusing mount. Prochnow also notes that the original detachableframe finder was already missing when the prototype was documented. A highlysophisticated and historically important Voigtl%u00e4nder experimental design.Starting price: %u20ac 20.000*Estimate: %u20ac 40.000%u2013 50.000Year of production: c.1956Condition: A/B