Agfa isolette
Talking of Cameras and Camera reviews….
This little Agfa Isolette was my fathers camera and as you can imagine it is very special to me, I would love to take some images with it again so at some point I will post a Gallery.
For now here is one shot taken in the lake district with Breda doing some map reading on the right..
No exposure meter and no auto focus – just pure guess work, I also developed the film myself and it produced an image – Few!
Nigel Borrington 
I’ve actually got one on the shelf right next to me!!!!!! I have a few old cameras but only tested film in one a few years ago with a 120 negative B&W roll film. They were ‘interesting’ when developed, but I think there was a light leak somewhere!
April 3, 2013 at 3:30 pm
Hi Nicholas…
That’s funny!!!
Yes its getting a little harder to get myself to use film these days, I have a basic dark room kit and use a bathroom with no windows etc…
You can test the bellows with a small pen light and tape up the red window but beyond that you will need to fit some light foam from microtools (light kit : http://www.micro-tools.de/en/Light-Baffle-Material/Light-Baffle-Kit-for-2-4-Cameras.html). Stick this around the inside of the back door at the contact points…
I found it just great fun to have a go!!!
April 3, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Thanks for the info, very kind of you! I might try with my Agfa Isolette too. Of course I should have said I’m no photographer, so my ‘results’ will never be much to talk about anyway! Most of my career I have been a designer or art director. I did get to judge the Fuji Awards in the early Nineties and the Association Of Photographers Awards in 2002, both of which were a privilege.
April 3, 2013 at 3:53 pm
I love your Art Nicholas!, it would be great fun to see what you could do with your old cameras!!!
Nigel
April 3, 2013 at 3:58 pm
I will find time to find out!
April 3, 2013 at 4:03 pm
Great!!!
April 3, 2013 at 4:04 pm
All the technical wizardly in the world pales in comparison to using your father’s camera and developing the film yourself. That’s a gorgeous shot of the landscape. I love the camera, too!
April 3, 2013 at 3:45 pm
Thank you Ses!!!
Yes I know, How much do you need to spend on photography ?, some film and chemicals and a bit of tape!!!
I love your shots with nothing other than what you already have!!!
April 3, 2013 at 3:49 pm
Oh! How wonderful!!
April 3, 2013 at 5:55 pm
Developer, stop bath and fixer, oh my! The gradients in tone and contrast are nicely done. Looking forward to more.
April 4, 2013 at 5:22 am
Thanks Allan, I just about remembered how to do this, All that with a big bit of Luck
Enjoyed it as well as using the camera!
April 4, 2013 at 9:47 am
Extraordinary shot!
I bought a couple of Isolettes thinking in converting them to pinhole (I still have in mind do it with one) but when I used the first one to try it I fell in love with it as it is!
April 4, 2013 at 9:06 am
Thank you
I can understand why you didn’t do the conversion, I wonder if you could convert to pin hole in a way that could be reversed ?
April 4, 2013 at 9:50 am
So pretty… the scenery shot AND the camera!
April 4, 2013 at 10:23 am
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