But with Alfie Tych launched on Kickstarter it looked like there was some momentum behind the recurrence of a historic format. Notably Lomography produce a few models notably the LC-A wide and Diana Mini that offer it as an option. The company have published a lot of specification on line and in the box but some of that is misleading and just wrong. crop factor of most Canon APS-C sensors as it’s about the same (although true half frame has a a x1. PhotoBite is a team of photographers, filmmakers, photo-journalists and tech geeks with the intention to inform and inspire, providing a pathway through the creative process and ultimately furnishing image-makers with the information, knowledge and tools needed for their creative journey, be that 1 or 24 frames per second.

On the left is an image captured on the camera using Kentmere 400 but on the right is an approximation of the view in the finder from a crop of my smartphone taken at the same spot. Both camera bar viewfinder window and logoing are identical externally even down to the battery compartment. AGFA (abbreviation for Aktien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation) was a major producer of cameras, accessories, film and photographic chemicals, founded in Berlin, Germany in 1867. During WWI production shifted from photo film to medical x-ray film, aerial photography film, and cine film for the soldiers' field cinemas.We’ll send you exciting photography interviews, crazy tips and tricks, competitions giveaways, and unmissable offers. Although the format never completely died the rise of the ultra compacts like the Olympus XA and the relative cost of film and processing dropping meant that they fell out of fashion. Suitable for ISO200/400/800 35mm films and has a 31mm f9 Focus Free Lens with a 1/120s fixed shutter speed.

This camera is suitable for any 35 mm colour or monochrome film roll and is ideal for anyone wanting to try their hand at film photography. A whole series of these Agfamatic cameras was launched twice, the first series using magicubes and the second, flipflash. In the following year it popularized photography in Germany by dumping the Box 44 for 4 Reichsmark, easily recouping its losses afterwards by selling Agfa 120 roll films. In 1867, Chemists Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Carl Alexander von Martius founded Gesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation mbH in Rummelsburg near Berlin. That flash needs to be turned on manually and in doing so you move a Waterhouse stop out of the way widening the aperture.

Although film photography may seem technical, you don’t need to know everything if you’re just starting out.

This Agfaphoto 35mm reusable film point-and-shoot camera is a great choice for anyone looking for a great quality, low-cost film camera that can be used time and again.

As part of the merger, Agfa obtained the Rietzschel camera works in Munich from Bayer, and badged all Rietzschel products with its Agfa rhombus. Worn by older enthusiasts and a new generation that is regaining a taste for paper photography after having been immersed in and growing up in the digital “everything”.