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* [http://www.certo6.com/cameras/agfa-record-billy Billy Record] at [http://www.certo6.com/index.html Vintage Folding Cameras] (the camera with Apotar lens is a Billy Record II, not I)
 
* [http://www.certo6.com/cameras/agfa-record-billy Billy Record] at [http://www.certo6.com/index.html Vintage Folding Cameras] (the camera with Apotar lens is a Billy Record II, not I)
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=854 Billy Record 4,5], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1284 Billy Record II], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=350 Billy Record 7,7], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/album_notices_0_H/Agfa_Billy_Record/index.html Billy Record user manual] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
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* Pages at Sylvain Halgand's [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr]:
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** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=854 Billy Record 4.5]
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** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1284 Billy Record II]
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** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=350 Billy Record 7.7]
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** [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/accesnotices/html/lire_repertoire?repert=Agfa_Billy_Record&marque=Agfa&modele=Billy%20Record Billy Record user manual] in French (as images of individual pages; to view each image, ''double-right-click'' the thumbnail and select 'view in new window')
 
* [http://www.thecamerasite.net/03_Folder_Cameras/Pages/agfabilly.htm Billy Record 8,8] and [http://www.thecamerasite.net/03_Folder_Cameras/Pages/agfarecord.htm#45 Billy Record 4,5] at [http://www.thecamerasite.net The Camera Site] by Reijo Lauro
 
* [http://www.thecamerasite.net/03_Folder_Cameras/Pages/agfabilly.htm Billy Record 8,8] and [http://www.thecamerasite.net/03_Folder_Cameras/Pages/agfarecord.htm#45 Billy Record 4,5] at [http://www.thecamerasite.net The Camera Site] by Reijo Lauro
  

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The Billy Record is a folding camera for 6x9 cm pictures on 120 film, made by the Agfa camera works in Munich (Germany). The camera was succeeded by the Agfa Billy Record II. Some models of the Billy Record series have coloured bellows.

Agfa Billy Record 7,7

  • Type: vertical folder
  • Manufacturer: Agfa
  • year of launch: 1933
  • Films: 120 roll films, 6×9 exposure format
  • Lens: Agfa Anastigmat Jgestar 1:7.7/100mm (three optical elements)
  • Shutter: Prontor (Alfred Gauthier, Culmbach), speeds 1/25 - 1/100 sec.
  • Aperture: 1:7.7-1:32
  • Weight: 560 g
  • Dimensions: 165×88×37mm (closed), 165×108×131mm (open)
  • Price: 30 Reichsmark in Germany, 185 Francs in France


Agfa Billy Record 8,8

  • Lens: Agfa Anastigmat Jgestar 1:8.8/105mm, or Jgestar 8.8/100mm
  • Shutter: Agfa Automat, speeds 1/25 - 1/100 sec.
  • Aperture: 1:8.8-1:16


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.


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