Agfa Isolette I |
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Manufactured or assembled in Germany from 1950 to 1951.
Index of rarity in France: Infrequent (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 4964
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Chronology of cameras Agfa
The Isolette cameras are horizontal folding cameras that use 120 film. They were initially available in two formats, 6 x 6 and 4.5 x 6, but after the war, only 6 x 6 format was offered.
The first model was simply called the Isolette. It was later briefly renamed the Isorette. This was the only model available from 1938 until the war. In the 1950s, the range expanded.
The Isolette I is a simple camera that replaced the initial Isolette model. The Isolette II is similar, but with a better quality shutter. The Isolette III has a non-coupled rangefinder. The Isolette V is extremely basic, even more so than the pre-war models. As these were the first cameras manufactured after the war, it can be assumed that Agfa simply wanted to sell a camera that was easy to manufacture and could be sold at a lower price in a Germany still in ruins. The Isolette L has a non-coupled light meter. The Super Isolette has a coupled rangefinder.
On this particular Isolette I unit, the depth of field table is located on the top and not around the lens, a feature that would later be found on the Agfa Isolette II. It's worth noting that this version is never illustrated in the encountered catalogs, and from 1950 onwards, the version without this table is represented, whereas McKeown dates it to 1954. It is likely that only the very early Isolette I units were equipped with this table, up to the release of the Isolette II.
The shutter is a Vario, and the lens is an Agfa Agnar 4.5/85 mm.
![Agfa Isolette I](../../agfa/images/Agfa_Isolette_I_JM.jpg )
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