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== Features == | == Features == | ||
* Camera type: Pocket folding with [[viewfinder]] | * Camera type: Pocket folding with [[viewfinder]] | ||
| − | * Shutter type: [[Vario]] | + | * Shutter type: [[Vario]] or [[Pronto]]<ref name=BM>[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/agfa/agfa_billy/agfa_billy.htm Billy I instruction book] at Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Orphan Cameras]</ref> |
* Shutter speeds: B, 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/200s | * Shutter speeds: B, 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/200s | ||
* Lens: Agfa Agnar 105mm f/6.3 | * Lens: Agfa Agnar 105mm f/6.3 | ||
* Lens aperture range: f/6.3-f/22 in 5 discrete stops | * Lens aperture range: f/6.3-f/22 in 5 discrete stops | ||
| − | * Lens focusing range: 1m- | + | * Lens focusing range: 1m-infinity |
* Film size: [[120 film|120 roll]] | * Film size: [[120 film|120 roll]] | ||
* Negative size: 6x9cm; 8 exposures per roll | * Negative size: 6x9cm; 8 exposures per roll | ||
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| Agfa Billy I variant with f/11 Jsomar lens, bulb/instant shutter image by Andrys Stienstra (Image rights) |
The Billy I is a folding camera manufactured by Agfa in the 1950s, first variant in 1950, another in 1952. It should not be confused with the inter-war Agfa Billy Jgetar 8.8 which was also named the Agfa Billy I from 1931 onward.
Features
- Camera type: Pocket folding with viewfinder
- Shutter type: Vario or Pronto[1]
- Shutter speeds: B, 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/200s
- Lens: Agfa Agnar 105mm f/6.3
- Lens aperture range: f/6.3-f/22 in 5 discrete stops
- Lens focusing range: 1m-infinity
- Film size: 120 roll
- Negative size: 6x9cm; 8 exposures per roll
More information
- Agfa Billy group on flickr.com
- Agfa Billy entry at Pbase.com
- At fotocommunity.de (in German/auf Deutsch)
Links
in French
- Agfa Billy I at Collection-appareils (Sylvain Halgand)
- Agfa Billy Record 4,5 on Au fil des images by J.C.Boussat (in French)
- ↑ Billy I instruction book at Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras
