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Manufactured by Agfa Camera-Werk AG, Munich, West Germany
Model: perhaps a middle model between the early and late ones,
Clacks produced between 1953-1965
Viewfinder like Box film camera, film 120 roll, picture size 6x9
Lens: Single element meniscus, 95mm, f/11
Aperture: f/11 - overcast ikon and f/12.5 - yellow sun ikon,
setting lever and ikon scale on the front barrel
Focusing: fixed zone focussing like, via Aper¬ture holes that punched in a plate which ro¬tates in front of the shut¬ter at the flip of a switch, first for distances in 1-3m and con¬tains a small close-up lens, the second from 3m to inf.,
and the third one is the same with the second and has a built in yellow filter
Shutter: M (Moment) 1/35 sec. + Bulb (B), setting lever on the back of the fron barrel
Shutter cocking and release: a simple spring with metallic sliding aperture disc, when pressing the lever on the front barrel the shutter releases
and returns when leaving it that means the shutter is cocked
Cable release socket: on the lower left of the front barrel
Viewfinder: reverse telescope finder, on the top plate
Winding knob: on the left of the top plate
Film loading: turn the lever on the bottom of the camera from Zu-lock to AUF-open, then catch the top plate and slide up-ward so the front barrel and the top plate with film loading parts come out from the metallic body cover. The back, bottom and front walls of the camera completely removes as a shell.
Red window: on the back of the camera w/ a lid
Tripod socket: modern 1/4''
Body: outer part metal, covered a lizard skin like leatherette, inner parts mostly bakelite weight: 323g
Grip handle: retractable, on the left side of the camera and a strap knob on the top plate
No film pressure plate in the camera, but the curved back of the camera lets to create maximum sharpness.
There is a sticker inside of the back: Isopan Agfacolor IF 17, (DIN 17 film, about ASA 40)
Agfa Clack is basically an updated version of the box type cameras. Agfa Clack was very popular as it was manufactured 1954 to 1965 in great numbers. The main benefits of the Clack were that it could be used at eye level, and also that it looked more like a real camera than a box camera. Clacks were never very ex¬pen¬sive nor very rare.
There are at least two variants of this camera. On the first one the inscripion under the lens is Agfa CameraWerk AG München Germany and the small sun on the aperture settings is colourless. The second one the inscription is Made in Germany and the sun is yellow.
It was sold in North America as the Agfa Weekender.
Camera: Years '50 Agfa Clack
Film: Ilford HP5+@200 (so pulled one stop)
Developed with Rodinal 1:50, 11 minutes@20C, inversions first 30 seconds, thereafter 2 inversions every minute.
I used the built in yellow filter here.
I really love my Agfa Clack. I bought three of them for 5 euros. It has only one shutterspeed, one aperture and the lens has only one element (meniscus lens). But the pictures sometimes come out soo lovely, at least to my eyes...
Massproduct 6x6, but how do you pronounce JSOLY?
Yes, I know, it's easy, it's ISOLY, but the printer had no I no more so he took J instead...?...or was he Czech or Moldave or something?
It coul be be a fashion accessory for an aging Paris Hilton. The handbag-like strap is funny.
If Agfa has named the camera by the noise the shutter makes, I would prefer something like : chlennng, toinnnggg, klinnnng, plounngg, crouinnngg, flouingg, glaoiunnggg, ........nnnnnnnngggg, .......
Agfa Isolette I (~1950)
Agnar f=85 mm, 1:4,5
Vario shutter 1/25, 1/50, 1/200 and B
6x6 in 120 film
Reached Explore on Jun 29, 2009.
Highest position: 160 on Monday, October 19, 2009.
Agfa Billy Compur (c.1934), Agfa Solinar 10,5cm f4,5
Kodak TMAX 400 (EI 800), 10sec @ f22
XTOL (1:1), minimal agitation,
CanoScan 9000F
AGFA APX 400 film
Adox Rodinal developer
Leica M2
Summicron 50mm f2 v3
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
April 2022
Agfa sign at the Lago di Garda...in Garda... saw this AGFA sign and remembered...many of my childhood fotographs have this red, orange Look
This is my Agfa Flexilette from 1960-1961. The camera is an absolutely mechanical TLR from the time that SLRs started its breakthru. The camera is fitted with a waist level finder (with a lupe) and the decent f2.8 Apotar. It has the Prontor shutter with speeds from 1/500 to 1 sec + B and a flash connection. The shutter seems to work accurate at all speeds. A bit stiff focusing, but that is common in Agfa cameras of a certain age.
I have DIY-fitted a Ø46mm orange filter frontside-in (or backside-out) with adhesive tape, but a Ø52mm filter size frontside-in will fit on the outside of the flange too. But it still needs to be somewhat fixed to the camera with adhesive tape or whatever to prevent it from falling out of the lens.
Sample shots:
* flic.kr/p/2neezMh
* flic.kr/p/2nedgju
* flic.kr/p/2ne8575
* flic.kr/p/2nedAii
Einige sehr alte Papiere weisen einen derart hohen Lagerschleier auf, dass sie nur noch für die Lithentwicklung geeignet sind. Darüberhinaus nimmt auch die Empfindlichkeit ab, was zu noch längeren Belichtungszeiten führt, als sonst für den Lithprozess üblich.
Eines dieser Papiere ist das Record Rapid. Ich konnte eine größere Menge dieses Papiers in 50x60cm erwerben. Ursprünglich wurde es laut Versandaufkleber geliefert an Bernd und Hilla Becher, die damit letztmalig gegen Ende des vergangenen Jahrhunderts gearbeitet haben.
Um Frustrationen zu vermeiden, hier ein Hinweis zur Verarbeitung.
Der Lithentwickler darf nicht so hoch verdünnt werden, wie sonst üblich.
Garantierte Lithresultate bringt die Verdünnung 75+75 ml auf 900 ml Wasser.
Die resultierende Belichtungszeit ist durch Versuche zu ermitteln. Bei „richtiger“ Belichtungszeit liegt der snatch point zwischen 8 bis 11 Minuten.
Some very old papers have such a high storage fog that they are only suitable for lith development. In addition, sensitivity also decreases, resulting in even longer exposure times than is usual for the lith process.
One of these papers is Record Rapid. I was able to purchase a large quantity of this paper in 50x60cm format. According to the shipping label, it was originally delivered to Bernd and Hilla Becher, who last worked with it at the end of the last century.
To avoid frustration, here is a tip for processing.
The lith developer must not be diluted as much as usual.
Guaranteed lith results are achieved with a dilution of 75+75 ml to 900 ml of water.
The resulting exposure time must be determined by trial and error. With the ‘correct’ exposure time, the snatch point is between 8 and 11 minutes.
Agfa Flexilette
TLR 35mm camera
Agfa Apotar 45mm f2.8
Prontor shutter 1'' - 1/500" and B
Explored on July 19, 2015
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