Rapid film
Agfa's Rapid film system used 35mm film with two cassettes for 24×24 exposure format. It appeared in 1964 as a rival to Kodak's 126 film, but whereas the Rapid system used a standard film pressure plate, 126 relied on the close tolerances of its cartridge to hold the film flat. The two-cassette system simplified film loading, since the film did not have to be threaded onto a take-up spool. The new full cassette is laid into the camera with the film reaching the opening of a second cartridge into which is wound the exposed film. Then the camera is closed and can be used after winding for the first exposure. The film does not need to be rewound. The empty cassette is used as take-up cartridge for the next roll of film.
The Rapid film system was not entirely new, but a modification of Agfa's Karat film cartridge system of the mid-1930s. The Rapid system had the added capability of setting the camera's autoexposure mechanism (if any) to the proper film speed automatically, as did the 126 cartridge.
Rapid film cameras
- Agfa ISO-Rapid I
- Agfa Isoflash-Rapid I
- Agfa Optima Rapid 250
- Fujica Rapid S (1965)
- Fujica Rapid S2 (1965)
- Fujica Rapid D1 (1965)
- Fujica Rapid SF (1966)
- Minolta 24 Rapid
