Agfa – John's Cameras. A collection of interesting and old cameras.

Agfa Iso-Rapid IF

This is a small, light and simple camera. Superficially, it resembles a Kodak Instamatic – I suspect intentionally. The camera sports some basic controls. There are two shutter speeds 1) sunny (1/80) and 2) cloudy or flash (1/40). In addition, there are three apertures available: f/8, f/11 and f/16. f/11 is marked with a sunnyContinue reading “Agfa Iso-Rapid IF”

Agfa Silette

Agfa Silette Agfa used the name ‘Silette’ for a large range of camera over many years. Mine is the Silette type 4 from (I think) 1958. It is a basic 35mm camera which seems to be well made. It has a Pronto leaf shutter and an Agfa Color-Agnar f2.8 lens. It has a double viewfinderContinue reading “Agfa Silette”

Agfa Billy Record

Agfa Billy-Record Agfa Billy-Record landscape format This is a fairly standard full frame 120 film camera from the mid 1930s. I think this camera is a grey import – no “made in Germany”, distance scale in metres and the tripod socket is continental rather than UK or USA. The 1937 Photographic Almanac refers to thisContinue reading “Agfa Billy Record”

Agfa Karat 6.3

1936 Art Deco Karat – 1938 karat In many ways this is a very attractive camera. It is small (22cm wide, 17cm tall and 14.5cm thick), not too heavy (for a metal camera) and simple. It has two downsides – it uses a different cassette to other 35mm cameras and it is cheaply made. TheContinue reading “Agfa Karat 6.3”