When I returned to the cold “spring” in Vermont, the film was the first thing on my mind. The guy at my local lab took one look at the happy, sunburnt boy holding fifteen rolls of film and said “Had a nice trip, eh? This much might take us a few days to finish.” That’s fine, I can wait, it’ll be worth it.

Not sure if you mentioned it, but on the under side of the lens is a regular focusing distance scale in feet and meters for those who want more precise adjustments. Agfa produced many image scanners in the Arcus, DuoScan, SnapScan, StudioScan and StudioStar ranges. While they have all been discontinued and up-to-date drivers for them are not available from Agfa, Vuescan software supports many Agfa scanners on current computer operating systems. [8] Agfa darkroom equipment [ edit ] I note those comments were largely made by folks whose usual weapon of choice begins with a L. Look I’m sorry Leitz didn’t give you the cheaper M that we were all expecting. But to spout off about cameras that aren’t your flavour of tea these misses the point. For starters both this Agfaphoto and H35 have a lifespan measured likely in the 1,000s if not more shots. This makes them a much more eco choice than a disposable. The Agfaphoto is based off the VUWS and my old dirty Superheadz clone has shot well over 30 rolls. Acquisition of the German company Seifert and the American company Pantak, producers of industrial X-ray equipment for non-destructive testing applications. So the Agfa engineers were clearly concerned with saving space and ease of use. What did they do with the space they saved? Well, they put a big red shutter button on top. This is Agfa’s “Sensor” shutter, a soft membrane that covers the actual shutter button and is meant to be… comfortable? I guess. Whether it is or not is up to you, but it does make the shutter hard to miss. Compared to cameras like the Minox 35 that have tiny shutter buttons, it’s a point for the Agfa.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. In 1997, it had acquired Dupont's printing and graphic arts film business. [1] In 2001, they stopped production and ended support for both their consumer scanners and digital cameras. It was a bolt out of the blue and a clever move from Agfphoto. And you know a bit of competition does no harm. When I pulled my first Agfa from the box, I was blown away by how small it was. How was I supposed to fit a roll of film in this thing? I’m being dramatic, as always, but it was abundantly clear that this camera had been designed meticulously and with purpose. My destination was Puerto Jimenez, a small town on the Osa Peninsula. The town was very close to a large national park, and promised a mostly tourist-free vacation compared to some other popular spring break locales. The town was also close to a group of students from my college, one of which happened to be my then-girlfriend. I chose the location at random, though, I swear. In the early days of digital photography Agfa sold low end compact cameras under the Agfa ePhoto name. Today the AgfaPhoto brand is licenced by German photographic company Plawa which sells a modest line of AgfaPhoto Sensor compact digital cameras.

Advertisements for Agfa products in AsahiCamera February 1930 and ShashinSalon January 1934. ( Imagerights) Great article Connor! You beat me to it as I bought one for the Daughter for Christmas but it didn’t arrive till last week. Only the 1035 and 1535 have the multi-coated lenses. I agree about the 1535 vs the 1035, zone focus and smaller size makes a great travel camera. P.S. Although covered in a plastic membrane the body is fully aluminium, and I have seen people take it off and polish the metal which is a very cool look, although I’d be afraid to ruin a good camera doing that. You’ll get the best results from the Agfa Camera on a bright day. Keep at least 1m away from your subject. Ideally, keep the main subject in the centre. Avoid direct sunlight into the lens. In cloudy weather or indoors the flash is recommended. So I left for Finland, Agfa-less. And again, working at Kamerastore.com, I was surrounded by new gear. I played with a silly Olympus point and shoot SLR thing, and an iconic Zeiss folder that could easily be a “bring everywhere” medium format camera, but my Agfa lust became well-documented to some of my coworkers. The 40mm focal length is also great for me. It’s so close to the eye’s natural focal length that framing is second nature. What you see is more or less what you get. What else could you want from a “bring everywhere” camera?Infrared-sensitive film, intended for exposure in imagesetters with an infrared laser diode (780 – 820 nm) In 2004, consumer film production ended. [2] A management buy out of the consumer imaging division was made to form the company named AgfaPhoto, soon after AgfaPhoto files for bankruptcy [3]. Some of the factories and machinery from Leverkusen were sold. AgfaPhoto is now a holding company and licences branding to other manufactures.

These plastic cameras have straightforward controls. It’s worth keeping a few things in mind when using them. So, whether you are using a Reusable or Disposable here are some tips to get the best images out of them: How To Get The Best From Your Reusable Film Camera.The next day, I realized what had happened. My Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor had shot its last shot, and for some reason I wasn’t too upset about it. In my hubris, I figured I would find another camera just as good and be fine. It was just like giving someone an XA to play with. There would always be more cameras, right? So up on the shelf went the Optima Sensor 1035, relegated to a life of looking nice. What I fool I had been. And so, my search began again. Merger of Agfa AG and Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V. with Bayer AG and Gevaert each holding a 50% interest in the new operating company. Wanna apply that to Leitz recent outputs ? And you know that’s right. The old M6 TTL is better to shoot than the relaunched non TTL version and is cheaper. But neither you or I will critique Leica for bring it out.

When I stepped off the plane in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose, I had to switch planes from a large commercial plane to a small “puddle jumper” plane. Now, I don’t like heights, and this was my first time leaving the US. When the pilot asked some of us to sit in different spots to “balance the plane out” I was convinced that at some point within the next thirty minutes, my life would end in a fiery explosion. Agfa stopped its desktop scanners and digital camera business in September 2001. Agfa does not provide any further support.As part of the consolidation of the German chemical industry, Agfa became part of IG Farben. [3] The photographic activities are combined with those of Bayer, including a camera factory in Munich.