pdccameras
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 Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 7:15 pm Post subject: Agfaflex w/50mm f/2.0 Solagon and WL finder |
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pdccameras wrote:
Here is the shiny Agfaflex with the premium 50mm f/2 Color Solagon normal lens and waist level finder. From the days when chrome was chrome and brass was brass. 
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visualopsins
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visualopsins wrote:
 magnificent!
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RokkorDoctor
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| Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Agfaflex w/50mm f/2.0 Solagon and WL finder |
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RokkorDoctor wrote:
| pdccameras wrote: |
| Here is the shiny Agfaflex with the premium 50mm f/2 Color Solagon normal lens and waist level finder. |
One of those cameras that manages to be simultaneously ugly and yet beautiful. I trust it still works?
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From the days when chrome was chrome and brass was brass.
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You don't like silver painted plastic?
Honestly, injection-moulded glass-filled quality engineering plastics aren't much cheaper; high up-front mould design & production cost & high mould wear. I suspect ditching the nice brass was all about weight reduction as opposed to cost savings 
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pdccameras
Joined: 23 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:37 am Post subject: |
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pdccameras wrote:
LOL.
I do appreciate the mechanical properties and the smooth curves of engineered polymers and composites, but I do love the heft and shine of chromed brass. And yes, this Ambiflex works well enough to take pictures - although the meter can't be trusted and the shutter speeds certainly can't match the accuracy of a modern electronically timed shutter.
It really looks good, though!
Best,
Paul
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