The agfa viking camera was manufactured by the agfa company of munich german in circa 1940. After a quick web search i decided to revive my mom s 1940 s agfa ansco box camera. Anscoagfa speedex 45 late 1940s 120 roll film folder. Vuescan drivers for agfa scanners cant find a driver for your agfa scanner. In many cases we do not know the origin of these goods. Agfa reflex agfa isolette iii agfa pd16 captain folding camera agfamatic ii agfa pd16 chief camera. The box 14, better known under the name trolix, was manufactured by agfa camerawerk in munich, germany 1936 1940. It is made from a dark brown plastic, trolitansimilar to bakelitein an art deco style. The iiic was a mainstay of leicas lineup through out the 1940s.
I did make a mental note to retrieve the agfa when the time suited, and this week all of my old film cameras returned home. I put a message on agfa s website to get tech help. When we know the origin of the product, we describe it in the auction listing. Most famous is the film developer rodinal, introduced in 1892 and continued for 115 years.
Never got any response except for the automated email they send when you enter a message. Free delivery and returns on ebay plus items for plus members. The agfa memo, introduced in 1939, was an 35mm camera used the ansco memo film cartridge, first introduced in 1927. When agfa obtained the rietzschel camera works in munich from bayer in 1925, it badged all rietzschel products with its. Agfaphoto gmbh, as the new company was called, filed for bankruptcy after just one year. The camera has the apotar, a very decent lens, i would suggest popping a film in it and. In 1968 agfa introduced its red sensor point, a round membrane made of red foil and framed with a metal ring. The agfa isolette ii medium format folding camera from the 1950s. Cunningly, agfa curved the film plane to mitigate some of the shortcomings of the lens, and the compromise works very well. Vintage ansco speedex folding camera agfa solinar 1. In the mid to late 1990 s agfa sold low end compact digital photography cameras under the agfa ephoto name, while their desktop scanners were called agfascan. Agfa motion picture topics ocr abbyy finereader 11. It is an agfa ansco viking camera, and depending what one might read, it s either from the early 1940s, or from 1946.
Agfa motion picture topics 19371940 internet archive. Etsy your place to buy and sell all things handmade. Become part of our fun community, share your fantastic photos with friends and read the latest photography tips, news and features. Agfa selecta m agfa speedex junior b2 folding agfa major. I go over the the controls and different settings of the camera. Inside is a pic of agfa isopan if 17 prob just a film suggestion. Vintage 1940s agfa pb 20 pioneer camera very early point and shot camera. Get the best deals on agfa vintage folding cameras when you shop the. This collection includes a 1920 s pd 16 readyset, a 1935 pd 16 plenax a 1935 pb 20 plenax, a 1930 s billy record, and a 1940 s viking.
Vintage agfa isolette i folding camera 85mm made in germany agnar lens. In 1964 agfa introduced the rapid system as an answer to kodak s 126 film. Agfa agfamatic iis prontormator 35mm camera wcolor apotar 1. Get the best deal for agfa vintage folding cameras from the largest online selection at. Make offer agfa ansco cine ansco model a 16mm movie camera with wollensak lens vintage germany agfa movex reflex 8mm movie camera mint condition php 17,705.
The agfaphoto brand is licensed by german photographic company plawa. With two adjustable wheels on the front one can choose between two apertures. Dating and identifying cameras page 4 thephotoforum. They usualy have a fixed shutter speed and aperture. Discover a huge range of cameras, lenses, accessories and films to experiment with. Agfa camera listing agfa, the abbreviation for the lengthy name aktiengesellschaft fur anilinfabrikation, was formed in rummelsburg, germany in 1867 by chemist paul mendelssohn bartholdy, a cofounder of the german chemical society, and his friend, fellow chemist. Once a major name in consumer photography, afga as agfagevaert still a major graphics and imaging business sold off its digital camera business in 2004 and in recent years the name has been licensed to plawa, a manufacturer of modest, inexpensive entrylevel compact cameras. Agfa gave up camera production in 1983 after having been taken over by bayer in 1981. The pb20 was capable of capturing eight pictures 2 14 x 3 14 inches on agfa pb20 or standard no. The clack and the click were enormously popular cameras in europe, and ive always been a fan. Usually there is a sticker inside the back which states the film size. The company debuted cameras accepting 126 film in 1967. Make offer viewfinder camera agfa optima iii s with colorapotar 1. Buy agfa vintage cameras and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay.
In 1959 a 35mm viewfinder camera with autoexposure button followed, the optima. Download this free picture about agfa vintage camera from pixabay s vast library of public domain images and videos. The camera also has a built in flash unit, frame counter s to 24. This folding camera was made in two sizes, a pb20 and a pd16. There is no wiki for this specific camera, although they do have an entry under agfa viking6.
Billy clack 51, 19341940, finnish although it is not clumsy at all. Scanningcenter nj sourcetype print sponsormhdl university of south carolina libraries and college of arts and sciences yearend 1940 yearspan 19371940 yearstart 1937. I found an agfa camera it says agfa ansco major on it and has a lense that reads viking, its in pretty good shape kind of has an art deco feel. Figured it would cost more to send to agfa to fix it, so i chunked the fker in the trash. This one was my motherinlaw s, who also happened to be made in germany. Unfollow agfa digital cameras to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Each folder camera has a compact case with bellows that extend when open.
The camera now had both shutter speedpriority ae and program ae modes. Isolette agfa vintage folding camera 1st model 19381942 germany b2 film. The first versions of the agfa memo used the by then standard 24x36mm image size, though a nearly identical halfframe 18x24mm version was introduced in 1940. Optima parat 1963 from the 1950 s to the 1970 s, agfa made a series of cameras called the optima. Agfa is a belgiangerman multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, and distributes analogue and digital imaging products, software, and systems. In the netherlands, the camera was sold until 1942. Agfa vintage folding cameras for sale shop with afterpay. Camera agfa isolette rf 6x6 with lens agfa apotar 4,585mm. Store closures, insurance claims, misguided cargo, post office undeliverable packages or unclaimed merchandise. User guide for agfa camera, free instruction manual.
Get answers to your questions in our photography forums. Agfa record iii agfa optimarapid 250v typ 3435 typ 3635 agfa proximeter rangefinder. Since films were a lot slower back then, id guess the shutter speed is somewhere between and 160 and the aperture around f11. Agfa graphics offers integrated prepress and industrial inkjet systems to the printing and graphics industries. The site also includes old camera mailorder catalogues from the 40s and. Agfa silette i vintage camera, german made 35mm film camera produced in 1962, with original leather case, 45mm f2. Overall descent camera that had a fatal flaw that agfa apparently doesnt give a s t about. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. This rembrandt portrait studio camera uses sheet film negatives. Vuescan is here to help dont you hate how agfa stop releasing drivers whenever a new operating system comes out. Agfa 35mm vintage camera for sale shop with afterpay ebay. A vintage camera from the 1940s in a black metal case with original lens an.
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