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*[http://www.kameramuseum.de/1agfa/box-50.html Box 50] and [http://www.kameramuseum.de/1agfa/synchro-box.html Synchro Box 600] at Kurt Tauber's [http://www.kameramuseum.de]
  
 
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Revision as of 19:26, 16 June 2007

The Agfa Box 50 was a durable simple camera for absolute beginners. It made 6×9 cm exposures on film rolls of type 120 (=60mm). The inner part had to be taken out of the camera to load the film. The Synchro version allowed to mount the bulb flash Agfa Clibo.

Agfa Box 50

  • Type: Box camera
  • Manufacturer: Agfa Camerawerk AG, München
  • Year of release: 1949
  • Film: 120 film rolls
  • Lens: ca. 100mm fixfocus meniscus lens, uncoated
  • Aperture: 1:11, switchable to greater aperture with yellow filter or smaller aperture without filter
  • Shutter: simple one-speed shutter
  • Finders: built-in brilliant finders, one for horizontal, one for vertical format



Synchro Box

  • Type: Box camera
  • Manufacturer: Agfa Camerawerk AG, München
  • Year of release: 1949
  • Film: 120 film rolls
  • Lens: 105mm fixfocus meniscus lens (minimal distance 3m)
  • Aperture: 1:11, switchable to greater aperture with yellow filter or smaller aperture without filter
  • Shutter: simple one-speed shutter, speed 1/30 sec.
  • Finders: built-in brilliant finders, one for horizontal, one for vertical format
  • Dimensions: 84 × 102 × 125 mm
  • Weight: 350 mm
  • Flash: connector for bulb-flash Agfa Clibo

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