When I first started shooting in late 2015, I had no idea what I wanted from a camera. I learned to shoot on a quirky Zeiss Ikon SLR that didn’t even have instant mirror return. But this was 2016, and the film camera industry was still a bit of a wildcard. There were plenty of options out there for a clueless amateur like myself. An Agfacolor slide dated 1937 from Paris, France Slave workers work in a factory owned by the AGFA camera company, May 1943 That tiny light sensor directly above the lens does a great job metering the entire scene, and the Agfa’s flexible shutter has a wide range. The Optima Sensor series is named based on their top shutter speed. The 335 is 1/300, 535 is 1/500, and the 1035 is 1/1000. All the models can, according to Agfa, handle up to 15 second exposures. Pretty impressive for something so small. Ernst Bäumler: "100 Jahre Chemie", 1963, issued on the 100th anniversary of the Farbwerke Hoechst AG

Great article Connor! You beat me to it as I bought one for the Daughter for Christmas but it didn’t arrive till last week. Only the 1035 and 1535 have the multi-coated lenses. I agree about the 1535 vs the 1035, zone focus and smaller size makes a great travel camera. P.S. Although covered in a plastic membrane the body is fully aluminium, and I have seen people take it off and polish the metal which is a very cool look, although I’d be afraid to ruin a good camera doing that. In 1968 Agfa introduced its red sensor point, a round membrane made of red foil and framed with a metal ring. Depending on the camera type, either a mechanical or an electromechanical shutter release button was hidden under the flexible membrane. Since then this touchpad-like shutter button was used on most of the company's models and became a familiar feature.

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Open system red-sensitive film with hard dot image quality, intended for exposure in imagesetters with LED array (660 nm) Acquired Ansco, an American photographic manufacturer, whose products were sold under the Agfa-Ansco brand name. By contrast, Agfaphoto branded photographic films are not made by Agfa-Gevaert at all, originally having been made by the now closed Ferrania plant in Italy. Agfaphoto films are now produced by Fujifilm in Japan for Lupus Imaging Media.

Agfa film and film cameras were once prominent consumer products. However, in 2004, the consumer imaging division was sold to a company founded via management buyout. AgfaPhoto GmbH, as the new company was called, filed for bankruptcy after just one year, [2] and its brands are now licensed to other companies by AgfaPhoto Holding GmbH, a holding firm. Today Agfa-Gevaert's commerce is 100% business-to-business.Acquisition of Symphonie On Line, a French information technology company and developer of EPR ( electronic patient record) systems. In 2004, Agfa-Gevaert withdrew from the consumer market, including photographic film, cameras and other photographic equipment. And before you say “but they could get a better second hand camera”, you’re missing the point. No one is going to start making new cameras that they can’t sell due folk buying second hand. In the early 1980s Agfa produced its last film cameras. The new models of the Selectronic series were manufactured by Chinon. Agfa gave up camera production in 1983 after having been taken over by Bayer in 1981. All later Agfa film cameras were OEM products.