Talk:Agfa Billy

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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)