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| − | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170602222355/http://www.certo6.com/cameras/agfa-record-billy Billy Record] (archived) at [https://certo6.com/ | + | *[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/agfa/agfa_billy_record/agfa_billy_record.htm Agfa Billy Record 7,7 user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] |
| − | * [http://www.thecamerasite. | + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170602222355/http://www.certo6.com/cameras/agfa-record-billy Billy Record] (archived) at [https://certo6.com/ Certo6] (the camera with Apotar lens is a Billy Record II, not I) |
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://www.thecamerasite.lauro.fi/03_Folder_Cameras/Pages/agfabilly.htm Billy Record 8,8] and [http://www.thecamerasite.lauro.fi/03_Folder_Cameras/Pages/agfarecord.htm#45 Billy Record 4,5] at [http://www.thecamerasite.lauro.fi/index.htm The Camera Site] by Reijo Lauro |
| + | *[http://www.artdecocameras.com/cameras/agfa/billy-record-8.8/ Agfa Billy Record 8,8 review] at [http://www.artdecocameras.com/ Art Deco Cameras] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:04, 7 September 2023
The Billy Record is a folding camera for 6x9 cm pictures on 120 film, made by the Agfa camera works in Münich (Germany).
Contents
Description
The Agfa Billy Record is a vertical, self-erecting medium format folder. The camera was succeeded by the Agfa Billy Record II. Some models of the Billy Record series have coloured bellows. It was also sold as the Ventura 69.
Models
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| Agfa Billy Record 8,8 of 1938. image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights) |
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.
Links
In English:
- Agfa Billy Record 7,7 user manual at Butkus.org
- Billy Record (archived) at Certo6 (the camera with Apotar lens is a Billy Record II, not I)
- Billy Record 8,8 and Billy Record 4,5 at The Camera Site by Reijo Lauro
- Agfa Billy Record 8,8 review at Art Deco Cameras
In French:
- Pages at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr:
- Billy Record 4.5
- 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')
In Dutch:
- User's manual for the Billy Record 7.7, 1933, downloadable in various formats including PDF, at Internet Archive
