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* [http://www.certo6.com/cameras/agfa-super-isolette Notes on the Super Isolette] and PDF [https://certo6.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SuperIsoletteInstructions.pdf User's manual for it] at [http://www.certo6.com Certo6.com]. | * [http://www.certo6.com/cameras/agfa-super-isolette Notes on the Super Isolette] and PDF [https://certo6.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SuperIsoletteInstructions.pdf User's manual for it] at [http://www.certo6.com Certo6.com]. | ||
* [http://www.jnoir.eu/en/cameras/agfa/super-isolette/ Agfa Super Isolette] on [http://www.jnoir.eu/en/ Pocketable History] by J. Noir | * [http://www.jnoir.eu/en/cameras/agfa/super-isolette/ Agfa Super Isolette] on [http://www.jnoir.eu/en/ Pocketable History] by J. Noir | ||
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The Super Isolette is a coupled-rangefinder camera for 6×6 cm pictures on 120 film, made by Agfa from 1954-60.[1]. "Super" refers to the addition of a coupled rangefinder. The camera is an extension of the Isolette range of square-format folders; the Isolette III has an un-coupled RF; other Isolettes are all viewfinder cameras. However, the Super Isolette was introduced only a little later than the Isolette I, II and III, and is a high-specification alternative to them, not a replacement.
The Super Isolette always has a 75 mm f/3.5 Solinar, the highest-grade lens offered among Agfa's folders. The shutter is either a Synchro-Compur MX for the early cameras or a Synchro-Compur MXV, fitted on cameras after serial numbers somewhere in the 7xxx range. Both these shutters are synchronised for flash. The lens can accept 32 mm slip-on filters or 29.5 mm screw-in ones. There is a double-exposure prevention interlock, with an indicator window by the shutter release.
The film advance knob is on the right of the top housing. There is a film-type reminder on the left, in a knurled disc matching the film-advance.
The Super Isolette was sold in the USA as the Super Speedex. It was copied by KMZ as the Iskra.
  
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Notes
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p25.
Links
In English:
- Super Isolette profiled among other Agfa/Ansco folders, by Andrew Yue
- Notes on the Super Isolette and PDF User's manual for it at Certo6.com.
- Agfa Super Isolette on Pocketable History by J. Noir
In Spanish:
- Agfa Super Isolette on Historia de Bolsillo by J. Noir
