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AGFA Selectaflex (1963)

AGFA Selectaflex (1963)

This is an AGFA Selectaflex, a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera, produced by AGFA-Gevaert between the years 1963 and 1967.  The Selectaflex was an evolution of the earlier AGFAFlex, and was a premium interchangeable lens SLR featuring a lineup of good to excellent AGFA lenses using the camera’s own bayonet…

September 20, 2022 January 26, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 35mm / AGFA / Germany
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AGFA Selectronic 3 (1980)

AGFA Selectronic 3 (1980)

This is an AGFA Selectronic 3, a 35mm SLR made in Japan by Chinon Industries for AGFA, starting in 1980.  The Selectronic 3 was a rebadge of the Chinon CE-4 and shared almost all of that camera’s features, including it’s Pentax K-bayonet lens mount and aperture priority automatic exposure.  The…

March 15, 2022 January 26, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / AGFA / Japan
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AGFA Memo (1939)

AGFA Memo (1939)

This is an AGFA Memo, a compact folding camera made in Binghamton, New York by the AGFA ANSCO Corporation starting in 1939.  This version of the Memo is a less common variant that shoots 18mm x 24mm single frame images on ANSCO’s Memo film, which is very similar to AGFA’s…

August 24, 2021 January 26, 2024 Photography / Reviews  12.0 / AGFA / Half / Rapid / USA
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Keppler’s Vault 84: AGFA Rapid Film

Keppler’s Vault 84: AGFA Rapid Film

In the film world, there’s a general grouping of large format, medium format, 35mm, and subminiature film.  In every category besides 35mm, there’s a variety of shapes and sizes of film.  Large format can come in any size from huge 24×20 images all the way down to 5×7 sheets.  Medium…

February 18, 2021 February 22, 2021 Keppler's Vault / Photography  AGFA / Keppler's Vault
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AGFA Flexilette (1960)

AGFA Flexilette (1960)

This is an AGFA Flexilette, a 35mm twin lens reflex camera produced by AGFA Camera-Werk Muenchen starting in 1960.  The Flexilette was also called the AGFA Reflex in other markets and is part of the Optima line of 35mm cameras produced from the late 1950s through the mid 60s.  The…

November 3, 2020 February 22, 2025 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / AGFA / Germany
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AGFA Ambi Silette (1957)

AGFA Ambi Silette (1957)

This is an Ambi Silette, a 35mm interchangeable lens rangefinder camera made by AGFA Camera-Werk AG Muenchen between the years 1957 and 1961.  Upon it’s release, the Ambi Silette was AGFA’s top of the line 35mm camera and would be the best featured rangefinder model they would ever make.  Featuring…

June 11, 2019 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 35mm / AGFA / Germany
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AGFA Parat I (1963)

AGFA Parat I (1963)

What is it? This is an AGFA Parat I, a 35mm half frame camera made in West Germany between the years of 1963 and 1968.  The Parat I was the most basic model in AGFAs Parat lineup of half frame cameras, which also consisted of the Paramat and Optima Parat…

October 3, 2017 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 7.0 / AGFA / Germany
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AGFA Optima I (1960)

AGFA Optima I (1960)

What is it? This is an AGFA Optima I produced between the years 1960 – 64.  It was the followup to the original Optima from 1959 which was one of the very first cameras with a fully automatic program auto exposure mode.  It’s selenium meter would allow the camera to…

December 9, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 9.0 / AGFA / Germany
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AGFA Billy-Clack No. 74 (1934)

AGFA Billy-Clack No. 74 (1934)

What is it? This is an AGFA Billy-Clack No. 74 folding camera built in Germany from 1934 – 1940.  It makes eight 6cm x 9cm exposures on a roll of AGFA B2 or 120 roll film.  There was also a Billy-Clack No. 51 that took 6cm x 4.5cm exposures.  The…

April 22, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  120 / 8.0 / AGFA / Germany
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AGFA Karat 36 v1.5 (1950)

AGFA Karat 36 v1.5 (1950)

What is it? The AGFA Karat was a series of strut folding compact cameras made from the mid 1930s through the mid 50s.  The earlier models used a unique type of Rapid film made by AGFA for this camera.  It differed from Kodak’s 135 format 35mm in that the cassettes…

November 25, 2015 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / AGFA / Germany
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