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| − | Production started c.1948 | + | | |
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| + | |image_text= Front view of early base model<br>''(click for larger image)'' | ||
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| + | |image_text= Rear view of base model, shows<br>red & green windows, waist-level<br>viewfinder and shutter-release retracted. | ||
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| + | The '''Agifold''' is a [[120 film]] [[folding|folding camera]] made in Croydon in the UK by [[AGI|Agilux]]. | ||
| + | Production started c.1948. | ||
| − | There were several | + | There were several models - some with [[rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]], some with an extinction [[light meter]], and some with neither. Most had [[film advance|knob wind]], but the latest, top models had lever wind. There were several style and equipment revisions across the time of production. Early versions had a shutter with speeds 1/25-1/100 + 1/125, B & T; some had 1/150 in place of 1/125. Later revisions had 8- or 9-speed shutters (e.g. 1s-1/350). There were several lenses, 75 & 90mm, f4 & f4.5. Lenses and shutters were made by AGI themselves. |
| + | Agifolds had an eye-level viewfinder plus either a uncoupled [[rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]] or a waist level finder fitted together on the top plate. The [[shutter release]] was on the top plate, and automatically retracted as the camera was closed. The back features both a [[red window]] and a green one, with a slider to select which is open. | ||
| − | * [http:// | + | The shutter was [[flash sync]]hronised (on early models) via two pins on the side of the lens panel. |
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| − | * [http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/advertising/agilux/agifold_1950.htm 1950 non-rangefinder Advertisement] | + | Early models had no release button to open the front, instead the viewfinder block was pushed sideways. |
| − | * [http://www.jennyandernie.co.uk/Old%20Cameras/Welmy%20-%20Agilux.htm Late 1950s model] | + | |
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| + | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/39076108@N00/3620723330/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
| + | |image= http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3620723330_7a7f9020e2_m.jpg | ||
| + | |image_align= left | ||
| + | |image_text= | ||
| + | |image_by=Mike Overs | ||
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| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Flickr_image | ||
| + | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/39076108@N00/3620723342/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
| + | |image= http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/3620723342_f82e30fcd7_m.jpg | ||
| + | |image_align= left | ||
| + | |image_text= With non-coupled rangefinder & extinction meter | ||
| + | |image_by=Mike Overs | ||
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| + | }} | ||
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| + | |image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/98922823@N00/4823603429/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
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| + | |image_align= left | ||
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| + | |image_by=Paulo Moreira | ||
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| + | }} | ||
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| + | |image_source= https://www.flickr.com/photos/39076108@N00/51785609703/in/pool-camerawiki/ | ||
| + | |image= https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51785609703_a4d6e0d7e8_m.jpg | ||
| + | |image_align= left | ||
| + | |image_text= Agifold with Lever advance | ||
| + | |image_by= Mike Overs | ||
| + | |image_rights= with permission | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
| + | * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/agifold/agifold.htm Agifold manual] at [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | ||
| + | *[https://oldcamera.blog/2014/11/18/agilux-agifold/ Agilux Agifold review] at [https://oldcamera.blog/ The Oldcamera.blog] | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160716003856/http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/advertising/agilux/agifold_1950.htm 1950 non-rangefinder Advertisement] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20161101000000*/http://www.marriottcameras.co.uk/advertising/agilux/agilux_1954.htm 1954 ad] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160730163941/http://www.marriottworld.com/index.htm Marriott cameras] (archived) | ||
| + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080908073746/http://www.jennyandernie.co.uk/Old%20Cameras/Welmy%20-%20Agilux.htm Late 1950s model] (archived) | ||
| + | * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/269112953/ Late rangefinder model on Flickr] | ||
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| + | [[Category: A|Agifold]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Agilux]] | ||
| + | [[Category:UK]] | ||
| + | [[Category: 6x6 viewfinder folding]] | ||
| + | [[Category: 6x6 rangefinder folding]] | ||
| + | [[Category: 120 film]] | ||
| + | [[Category:1948]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:03, 29 August 2023
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The Agifold is a 120 film folding camera made in Croydon in the UK by Agilux. Production started c.1948.
There were several models - some with rangefinder, some with an extinction light meter, and some with neither. Most had knob wind, but the latest, top models had lever wind. There were several style and equipment revisions across the time of production. Early versions had a shutter with speeds 1/25-1/100 + 1/125, B & T; some had 1/150 in place of 1/125. Later revisions had 8- or 9-speed shutters (e.g. 1s-1/350). There were several lenses, 75 & 90mm, f4 & f4.5. Lenses and shutters were made by AGI themselves.
Agifolds had an eye-level viewfinder plus either a uncoupled rangefinder or a waist level finder fitted together on the top plate. The shutter release was on the top plate, and automatically retracted as the camera was closed. The back features both a red window and a green one, with a slider to select which is open.
The shutter was flash synchronised (on early models) via two pins on the side of the lens panel.
Early models had no release button to open the front, instead the viewfinder block was pushed sideways.
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| image by Mike Overs (Image rights) |
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| With non-coupled rangefinder & extinction meter image by Mike Overs (Image rights) |
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| image by Paulo Moreira (Image rights) |
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| Agifold with Lever advance image by Mike Overs (Image rights) |
Links
- Agifold manual at Butkus.org
- Agilux Agifold review at The Oldcamera.blog
- 1950 non-rangefinder Advertisement and 1954 ad at Marriott cameras (archived)
- Late 1950s model (archived)
- Late rangefinder model on Flickr
