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Agfa Optima Sensor electronic
A series of cute, very compact viewfinder cameras Agfa launched in 1976. It replaced the former Optima Sensor series (Optima 200 Sensor etc.) and inherited from it the popular red shutter button and the unique film rewind system, where the advance lever is used for rewinding the film aswell. A prominent feature is the huge viewfinder, which claims a fair part of the camera body. Agfa released 6 models, but the last model, without a special name, is a copy of the 535. The difference is, that it was made in Portugal and not in Germany.
The models are called 335, 535, 1035, 1535 and flash, plus the nameless one from Portugal.
Some features they have in common and not already mentioned:
* programmed automatic exposure, Paratronic shutter
* a lens with 40 mm focal length, nearest focus distance is 0.9 m
* zone focusing, except the model with rangefinder. Exact distance scale under the lens.
* hot shoe and selectable f-stop for flash operation, except the model with built-in flash
* underexposure warning, a red LED in the viewfinder
* exposed film is wound into a lightproof container
* cable release socket, tripod bush
* rotating pattern for film advance check
* film speed 25 to 500 ISO
* filter thread 49 mm
* three batteries PX625 are required (except flash model), battery compartment is in the film chamber
The 335 was introduced in 1978 and was the model at the lower end. It has the slowest lens, the single-coated three-element 3.5/40 Agnatar (the instruction manual says that it has 4 elements, but usually the 3-element lenses of Agfa are called Agnar), shutter speeds from 1/30 to 1/300.
The 535 (1976) was slightly advanced. With the single-coated four-element 2.8/40 Solitar it has a better lens, and it has a 1/500 as top speed.
The 1035, also from 1976, has the same lens but multi-coated (Solitar S), the range of shutter speeds increased from 15 s to 1/1000 s. The symbols for zone focusing are also displayed in the viewfinder, additionally there is a green LED for the shutter speeds from 1/30 s or faster. It is the only model which sports a self-timer, amazinlgy it's a mechanical one, at least it has a red LED for countdown.
The 1535 from 1979 has the same lens and the same shutter speeds like the 1035. Instead the symbols for the focus distance in the viewfinder it has a true rangefinder, which makes the viewer a bit dimmer, so some photographers prefer the 1035 over it.
The flash-model is technically a 535 with a folding flash light, and its design looks rather improvised. Some changes had to be made: a battery compartment on the left side for 2 AAA 1.5 V micro cells. The film advance lever needed a new shape, also the cable release socket found a new place. The focus ring moved forward and doubles now as small lens hood. Due to the fact that the aperture ring was dropped I assume that the flash works in flashmatic mode: the setting of the aperture is coupled with the focus distance. It is the only model with strap lugs.
I have also an early model of the 535 in my collection, which reveals that some changes were made: the stability of the tripod socket was improved and the aperture ring got a small grasp. The early pattern on the film advance check was red/black.
From where I sit at this moment, Orkney seems so remote. It's easy to forget that it sits just off John o' Groats and was a bit of Scotland nibbled away and submerged at the end of the Last Glacial Period. Prior to that, the lowered sea levels left Doggerland high and dry — a convenient stepping stone for humans to repopulate Britain from the rest of Europe. Yes, I've been to the very north of the archipelago, to North Ronaldsay. Today I'm away to South Ronaldsay — ironically juxtaposed at opposite ends from its northern namesake. This won't take me to Orkney's most southerly isle, Stroma, which to be honest has less water between it and Scotland that it has between itself and the rest of Orkney.
Here's a reminder of how compact these islands are. This is the northern tip of Glimps Holm looking back across Lamb Holm to Mainland. By now I've crossed two of the causeways constructed as navigation barriers in WWII. There are what appears to be military installations, there on the cliffs of Lamb Holm. In the middleground lie relics of the block ships sunk here early in WWI. I think this was the SS Numidian, an almost 5000 ton steel hulled steamer scuttled here on 30 December 1914. She was sunk in the company of SS Aorangi, SS Thames and SS Minieh with, I think, Numidian in the shallow water near this spot. I could be wrong. If you need a better answer there's a kind of trainspotters' guide to the wrecks of Scapa Flow.
Orkney is so user-friendly. It's a small place, compact, packed to the gunwales with history; so much that with sea level rise its, Plimsoll line is in peril of disappearing beneath the waves. Getting about is quick and easy; all that and it has a village named Twatt.
Not many if any places to see a pair of SD35's running now days in the US, here GLC 383 and 384 work the interchange with the Ann Arbor RR at Osmer siding just north of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Nice compact packages these SD35's seen from above, if only EMD had cataloged an SD30, that would have been a pretty swell looking unit - August 23, 2024.
A V-22 Osprey unfolds it's rotors as the crew preps the aircraft for departure from the California International Air Show.
After applying decals, the Los Angeles Police Department version of this 7-stud-wide LEGO Crown Victoria is finally finished. In comparison to previous models, I've added few more details and characteristics of a classic LAPD Crown Vic, such as Code 3 MX7000 light bar, compact push-bumper, double spot lights, roof antennas, etc.
Oscar on Manoeuvres: Drunken Duck Lake District National Park.
The Land Rover series I, II, and III (commonly referred to as series Land Rovers, to distinguish them from later models), or simply the Land-Rover, are compact British off-road vehicles, produced by the Rover Company since 1948, and later by British Leyland. Though unapologetically inspired by the World War II jeep, the Land Rover immediately distinguished itself from all other cars. From launch, it was the first mass-produced civilian four-wheel drive car with doors on it, and an available hard roof. Contrary to conventional car and truck chassis, it used a sturdier fully box-welded frame.
Furthermore, due to post-war steel shortage, and aluminium surplus, Land Rovers received non-rusting aluminium alloy bodies, favouring their longevity. In 1992, Land Rover claimed that 70% of all the vehicles they had built were still in use.
Most series models feature leaf-spring suspension with selectable two or four-wheel drive (4WD), however series I's produced between 1948 and mid-1951 had constant 4WD via a freewheel mechanism, and the Stage 1 V8 version of the series III featured permanent 4WD. All three models could be started with a front hand crank and had the option of front & rear power takeoffs for accessories.
After adding a long wheelbase model in 1954, Land Rover also offered the world's first four / five door, 4WD off-road station wagon in 1956. Series Land Rovers and Defenders continually excelled in space utilization, offering (optional) three abreast seating in the seating rows with doors, and troop seating in the rear, resulting in up to seven seats in the SWB, and up to ten seats in the LWB models, exceeding the capacity of most minivans, when comparing vehicles of the same length.
If there’s one company in Australia with heaps of dino compactors, that company will be Suez, or SITA as I wish they were still known. Maybe in the past the company had more dino work on a national scale, but the high majority is now subject to their Sydney operations, with most of their bulk bin trucks indeed dino roll-offs. I’m sure the company has a good couple hundred open top containers, compactor containers and integrated units in Sydney, a lot of which appear to be young or freshened up. However, a few years ago I came across one of their older pieces of equipment outside their Wetherill Park transfer station, just sitting on the road unattended while its transporter was somewhere else. I love seeing a compactor just sitting on the road out from a dock, especially at night in the Sydney CBD haha It’s not often you would find a compactor of this capacity being used for garbage, so I think it’s safe to say this is a dry waste container or more likely one for paper and cardboard. You can tell this one is an oldie, with very faded paint and signage, plenty of scratches and a decent amount of rust. You can see the front of the container has been punched inwards... a result of the many times this steel box has been pushed into its resting position by the bail hook and frame. I reckon the “No Parking Day Or Night” signs should feature an additional “Offending Vehicles Will Be Towed” - not hard to do with the truck!
Instructions for my custom models for the Death Star Escape & Compactor are now ready. You can buy downloads on my website
The small and compact temple of Banteay Samre in Angkor is interesting as it was built in the same era as the great Angkor Wat and in the same architectural style. Very much less crowded too as it is somewhat off the beaten track. The face of this lion guardian statue had either been damaged or looted for the antiquities trade.
Why cant these camera manufacturer's produce a Owners Manual that not only names the buttons, levers & dials but actually tells you what each of them does and why you would want to use them in the first place, some of us are NOT techies or Rocket Scientists.
Car: BMW 316i Compact.
Year of manufacture: 1999.
Date of first registration in the UK: 20th May 1999.
Place of registration: Chelmsford.
Date of last MOT: 7th April 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 100,621.
Last change of keeper: 9th August 2020
Date taken: 3rd June 2021.
Album: Carspotting 2021
Some compact 35mm cameras side by side.
Olympus Pen S
Olympus Trip 35
Olympus XA + A16
Olympus Mju I / 1
Olympus Mju I / 1 limited , serial number 00001xx
Olympus Mju II / 2
Olympus Mju II / 2 Zoom 80
Nikon L35AF
Nikon L35AF2
Nikon L35AF3
Yashica T
Yashica T2
Yashica T3
Yashica T4
Yashica J-Mini Super
Pentax Espio Mini / UC-1
Pentax PC35AF-M
Minolta Hi-Matic 7s II
Minolta AF-C + EF-C
Minolta Riva Mini ( same thing as Leica Mini )
Canon G-III QL17 + Canonlite D
Canon MC + MC-S
Minox 35 GT + TC 35
Ricoh FF-1 + SL 121A
Konica EU Mini Peanuts
Belomo Agat 18k
Lomo LC-A+
Vivitar 28mm fixed focus
I will be using this camera in week 325 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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