Paramat

Agfa Paramat image by René Maly (Image rights)

The Agfa Paramat is a small well built camera for 35mm film, introduced in 1963, it makes 18x24 exposures which makes it a half-frame camera.

It has a 30mm f/2.8 Apotar lens with zone-focus markings as well as meters/feet. Exposure is automatic and controled by a selenium cell which only controls the aperture as the camera only has one shutterspeed. A green flag in the viewfinder shows correct exposure, a red flag shows underexposure. It does not need any batteries.

Specifications:

• 30mm f/2.8 Apotar lens
• 18x24 frame format
• film counter up to 72 exposures, placed at bottom of camera
• shutter speed: 1/125sec or B (Bulb)
• ISO speed settings from 10 to 250
• aperture range from f/2.8 - f/22
• flash hotshoe
• flash sync speed 1/30 sec.
• recommended flash: Agfa Tully-M