FS: Agfa Super Silette f2.0 Solagon

ludoo · Expire: 2011-12-05

I got this last December from LucisPictor after having looked for one for a few months, but soon after I fell in love with the Olympus 35S-II which has since become the only fixed-lens rangefinder I use. So I'm selling the Super Silette to fund other purchases.

It's the more expensive and rarer of the Super Silette models, featuring the Solagon f2.0 lens, Agfa's double-gauss type. When I got it the slow speeds were sticking, I then opened the shutter and cleaned the slow speeds gears, and they are now fine. The lens is clear and scratch-free, the viewfinder has been cleaned too, and the rangefinder patch is clear and contrasty. RF alignment looks ok at infinity.

The only problem this camera has is common to most Agfas using this shutter: the self timer does not work. Everything looks ok from the inside, but setting the self-timer with the green lever you see in the picture below imparts too little a charge to the gears to be effective. The self-timer gears probably need an initial "charge" and I don't want to do it for fear of damaging something. All I know is that a) it does not impact normal usage, and b) I had the same problem in my Solinar-equipped Super Silette and my repairman fixed it for free when cleaning its lens.

I'm selling at a small loss hoping this goes in good hands, I ask 40.00€ plus shipping. A picture from LucisPictor's original post