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| + | :Definitely add it, ''somewhere''! However, I'm not sure where it ought to go. Having had a look at the various Billy pages (and I did a quick Edit to [[Agfa Billy I]]) I'm not very confident of our current classification of the Billies. We already had a picture in the pool that the owner confidently calls a Billy I, with the f/6.3 Agnar and Vario shutter; even the viewfinder and table-stand look like yours (and I have added that picture to [[Agfa Billy I|Billy I]], but may have to come and undo that when I've searched around a bit more!). Butkus' site has a user manual for the Billy I which gives this lens and either a Vario or Pronto shutter. ''Collection Appareils'' also has the [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard_eng.php?id_appareil=1707 same camera but with a Pronto], so I wonder if we should be classifying your camera as a Billy I. However, in neither of the examples above did the owner mention anything impressed in the leatherette of the camera, and I think Halgand would have, given his exasperation with Agfa's naming system! The name Billy I was used between the Wars, and then again after WWII; we have nothing much about the Billy II and III, which his site has examples of. Later, I'll see if I can find a catalogue or something to clear this up a bit. | ||
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| + | :Incidentally, Halgand's site notes that the odd shape of the galilean viewfinder seems to be designed simply so that its base covers (and perhaps uses) the screw-holes that would hold a folding frame finder; and we have a picture in the pool, again named by its owner as a Billy I, and with the f/6.3 Agnar, with a frame finder. | ||
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| + | :So I think it's up to you for now; you could create a new page for your camera, and link to it from the [[Agfa Billy]] list, or you could add a mention of your camera on the [[Agfa Billy I|Billy I]] page, but acknowledging some suspicion that it may actually be a different product (perhaps the same camera, but sold at a different time with a different name). | ||
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| + | :Cheers! --[[User:Dustin McAmera|Dustin McAmera]] ([[User talk:Dustin McAmera|talk]]) 09:58, 24 May 2014 (PDT) | ||
Latest revision as of 16:58, 24 May 2014
hello!
i bought a Agfa Billy today. On the front cover it says "Agfa Billy 6,3". Furthermore it has a Vario shutter and Agnar 105mm lens. This model is not in the list, should i add it?
Cheers!
- Definitely add it, somewhere! However, I'm not sure where it ought to go. Having had a look at the various Billy pages (and I did a quick Edit to Agfa Billy I) I'm not very confident of our current classification of the Billies. We already had a picture in the pool that the owner confidently calls a Billy I, with the f/6.3 Agnar and Vario shutter; even the viewfinder and table-stand look like yours (and I have added that picture to Billy I, but may have to come and undo that when I've searched around a bit more!). Butkus' site has a user manual for the Billy I which gives this lens and either a Vario or Pronto shutter. Collection Appareils also has the same camera but with a Pronto, so I wonder if we should be classifying your camera as a Billy I. However, in neither of the examples above did the owner mention anything impressed in the leatherette of the camera, and I think Halgand would have, given his exasperation with Agfa's naming system! The name Billy I was used between the Wars, and then again after WWII; we have nothing much about the Billy II and III, which his site has examples of. Later, I'll see if I can find a catalogue or something to clear this up a bit.
- Incidentally, Halgand's site notes that the odd shape of the galilean viewfinder seems to be designed simply so that its base covers (and perhaps uses) the screw-holes that would hold a folding frame finder; and we have a picture in the pool, again named by its owner as a Billy I, and with the f/6.3 Agnar, with a frame finder.
- So I think it's up to you for now; you could create a new page for your camera, and link to it from the Agfa Billy list, or you could add a mention of your camera on the Billy I page, but acknowledging some suspicion that it may actually be a different product (perhaps the same camera, but sold at a different time with a different name).
- Cheers! --Dustin McAmera (talk) 09:58, 24 May 2014 (PDT)
