Agfa Optima Flash Sensor
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The Agfa Optima Flash is a 35 mm
camera
manufactured by the German
company Agfa in 1977. It belongs to the Agfa Optima series, features the same big red Sensor shutter release and a large viewfinder as any other in the series, with some improvements and a built-in flash
.
35 mm film
35 mm film is the film gauge most commonly used for chemical still photography and motion pictures. The name of the gauge refers to the width of the photographic film, which consists of strips 35 millimeters in width...
camera
Camera
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manufactured by the German
Germany
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company Agfa in 1977. It belongs to the Agfa Optima series, features the same big red Sensor shutter release and a large viewfinder as any other in the series, with some improvements and a built-in flash
Flash (photography)
A flash is a device used in photography producing a flash of artificial light at a color temperature of about 5500 K to help illuminate a scene. A major purpose of a flash is to illuminate a dark scene. Other uses are capturing quickly moving objects or changing the quality of light...
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Specifications
- Lens: Agfa Solitar f2.8/40, 4 Lens in 3 groups
- Focus: 0.9 m to infinity scale-focusScale-focusScale focus, or zone focus, is a type of focusing system used by many inexpensive cameras from the 1940s and 1950s. These cameras have an adjustable focus, but lack a focusing aid such as a rangefinder. It is necessary to determine the distance to the subject and set the focus using a scale printed...
- Shutter: 2 bladed leaf shutter
- Shutter speed: 1/30 - 1/500 automatic
- Aperture: 2.8 - 22 automatic
- Exposure mode: shutter-preferred automatic
- Filter size: 49mm
- Film type: 135 film135 filmThe term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format...
- Film speed scale: ASA 25 - 500
- Battery: Two 1,5 volt type AAA
- Size: 120 x 85 x 56 mm when folded, 120 x 119 x 56 mm with flashlight open
- Weight: 330 gram
- Self timer: no
External links
- http://www.optiksammlung.de/Agfa/OptimaFlash.html
- The family of the Agfa Optima sensor electronic The Agfa optima flash sensor