A quiet spot to read
At the Palmengarten last a month ago. Despite having its lens coating of messed up on a big spot, that little Agfa I got as a goodie when I bought my OM-5 at Leistenschneider really delivers. Its main fault was an awfully stiff film advance, which I fixed after that roll by cleaning up old frozen grease along the axis of the rewind knob. Well, there are three issues that keep her from being a contender to the Queen of Half Frame title: The silver body looks fabulous (some girly side of me I don't know of writing here) but scratches badly, no strap lugs, and the shutter button is in front rather than on top. On the plus side, great lens, feels superbly built, reliable automatic exposure, shutter goes up to 1/500th (possibly the only half frame to do that aside of the Konica Auto-Reflex?).
Agfa Optima Parat and its Agfa Color-Solinar 1:2.8/30, Agfa APX 100 in Rodinal 1+50 for 12 min @ 20°C, digitalized using kit zoom with macro rings.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)
A quiet spot to read
At the Palmengarten last a month ago. Despite having its lens coating of messed up on a big spot, that little Agfa I got as a goodie when I bought my OM-5 at Leistenschneider really delivers. Its main fault was an awfully stiff film advance, which I fixed after that roll by cleaning up old frozen grease along the axis of the rewind knob. Well, there are three issues that keep her from being a contender to the Queen of Half Frame title: The silver body looks fabulous (some girly side of me I don't know of writing here) but scratches badly, no strap lugs, and the shutter button is in front rather than on top. On the plus side, great lens, feels superbly built, reliable automatic exposure, shutter goes up to 1/500th (possibly the only half frame to do that aside of the Konica Auto-Reflex?).
Agfa Optima Parat and its Agfa Color-Solinar 1:2.8/30, Agfa APX 100 in Rodinal 1+50 for 12 min @ 20°C, digitalized using kit zoom with macro rings.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)