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Bogie
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 Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:12 pm Post subject: Agfa Billy Record 4.5 |
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Bogie wrote:
One of my latest purchases: an Agfa Billy with an Anastigmat Apotar-lens and a Prontor ll shutter. Built in 1959. After a CLA by me it seems to function o.k. Coming month I will shoot some pics with it.
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Attila
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Not older ? rather looks to me a camera which is made in 1939.
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Bogie
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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Bogie wrote:
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| Not older ? rather looks to me a camera which is made in 1939. |
You might be right. I got confused because of the serialnumber: T6T 1959.
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Agfa Billy Rekord
The Agfa Billy Record folder camera series production started in 1928 and continued until 1960. The most recent models were the latest traditional folding cameras made.
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Quiet a mistery I found this info. A pre-war type camera but perhaps made in 1959 
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Nice looking camera, but I'm annoyed by the fact that they stand sideways. Damn OCD.
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Bogie
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Bogie wrote:
I think I have solved the mystery. I have found the following answer at Camera-wiki.org :
''Agfa Billy Record 4,5
year of launch: 1935, since 1940 with double exposure protection, since 1945 with Prontor S shutter
Lens: Apotar 1:4.5/105mm or Solinar 1:4.5/105mm
Shutter: Prontor II, speeds 1 - 1/150 sec.''
Since my Agfa lacks the double exposure protection and is fitted with the Prontor II-shutter it should have been built in the late nineteen-thirties.
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Spotmatic
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Spotmatic wrote:
Nice camera! In the case of folders I always look at the lens. If it's uncoated then it's definitely made pre-1945. I had one of those too, but that was an even older version without body shutter release.
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