AGFA CLACK - The 6x9cm medium format camera EVERYBODY needs!!!
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- In todays episode of something with cameras, I will show you a 6x9cm medium format camera which definetly is something for everybody.
Easy to use, really nice images, compact, light, cheap.
I hope you do not read this now and whatch the video first.
But im am talking about the Agfa Clack.
A german "Jedermanns" Camera of the mit 50`s.
Now have fun and GET YOURS AFTER THE VIDEO!!!
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Bye!
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Music: Epidemic Sound
Cold Trickle - William Benckert
And Then We Fell from the Sky - Across The Great Valley
The Fellowship - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Krátké a kreslené filmy
My grandfathers first camera, wich he gave to me a couple of years ago, because of my interest in photography. I've never used it but I've seen several pictures he took with it, and as you mentioned in the video the results are surprisingly good everything considered. I've always been intrigued by the simple design of it, how simple something really can be and still be called a camera.
A fun fact: the camera obscura was the first kind of camera. Freely translated from Italian it means „strange room“ and was a dark chamber (camera) with an hole inside. On the other side on the wall there was an flipped picture of the outside.
So the origin of the box cameras is really not that far away from the actual camera itself. 😊
Thank you very much Manu for an inspiring video!
I bought an Agfa Clack on a flea market in Denmark way back in 1989, for approximately 2 dollars in todays money!
Mainly because of it´s "Donald Duck" design. Anybody who has seen Donald Duck´s car, would agree on that. lol lol
It also looks great on my decorate shelf, especially after I got hands on an Agfa Clibo flash for flash-cubes (which I do not intend to use)
I think that the reason why Agfa made it curvy - especially on the back - is to correct some of the spherical abberation - at least at the horizontal plane!? I am very impressed with the quality of your pictures. As soon as I can get some BW films, I will give it a try. After all, it is "light as a feather"
and easy to have in the bag with my digital gear.
Thanks for your compliment. :)
I think for a box camera the Agfa clack is pretty stylish. :D The curvy back is definetly there to compensate the flaws of the lens. But it works decently. :)
I hope you get good results and have a lot of fun with shooting the clack.
Loved this! Gonna have to get me one.
I can definitely recommend it. Great joy for the price. 😁
Have fun with yours. 🖖😁
Nice video.
Tanks. :)
Thanks! As a child, I chose the Click, 6x6. 12 pictures per roll! But smaller contact prints, unfortunately. Later, I even had the dedicated flash. The bigger bulbs gave an enormous range. My tropical version even had a built-in yellow filter.
Sounds like a great time. 120 rolls everywhere. :-) when I was a child, I remember that my parent got me a simple 110 film camera. Took me another 15 years to start with a little digicam again.
Wow Amazing 😍🤩
Thanks. :D
We have Agfa Click II at home :D I used it time to time as kid. And it still works.
These are the 6x6 equivalent, aren’t they?
Luckily the technology is very simple. Not that much to get broken. 😁👍
I purchased ,an old one recently at Hyd.
Die Agfa Clack ist ein guter Einstieg in die Mittelformat Photografie.
Kontaktabzuege kann man ohne grossen Aufwand selbst herstellen.
Die 6x9 cm Bilder kann man in vielen alten Alben finden. Die Negative wurden nicht vergroessert.
Meine Agfa Clack hatte einen haengenden Verschluss. Das kann man sehr einfach selber reparieren, ich habe nur eine Feder nachgebogen.
Wenn man sich heute eine alte mechanische Kamera kauft ist man technisch auf sich selbst gestellt. Es ist nicht einfach einen guten Reperaturbetrieb zu finde und hohe Preise.
Mit der Agfa Clack (Boxkamera im allgemeinen) kein Problem. Viele dieser Kameras funktionieren heute noch einwandfrei an dem einfachen Rotary Verschluss kann nicht viel kaputt gehen.
Diese Kameras wurden frueher oft mit in die Ferien genommen und arbeiten prima mit viel Licht. Familien Schnappschusskamera.
Das bedeutet nicht das man man nicht auch mit geringen Licht arbeiten kann. Mit Stativ, Drahtausloeser und Filter.
Ich arbeite oft so und es gibt gute Ergebnisse.
Man hat alle Freiheiten z.B. Doppelbelichtung.
Es ist eine Erholung von den voll automatischen Kameras und macht einfach Spass.
Es gibt so viele fotografische Moeglichkeiten schon mit so einer eingachen Kamera. Man kann es in einem Leben schwer ausschoepfen.
Stimmt. Das kann ich nur bestätigen. Ich habe auch immer wieder mal meine Freude an der Clack. Man kann fast nichts falsch machen und die Ergebnisse sind wirklich ordentlich. Das ist ne wirkliche Point & Shoot Kamera. :D
Great video. I remember growing up in the 60’s that our family camera was a Kodak Duaflex. It took great pictures and literally zero controls. Amazing how much latitude film has.
Thank you very much.
It’s really an amazing experience, when you get some good images back and there was almost no control and no strong thinking about the exposure. You can really concentrate about the images and take your shots. Maybe don’t try this at night. 😉
Excellent review….you didn’t mention the cable release in your opening comments…I just bought a Clack and I’m awaiting delivery..should be fun
I hope you will have fun with your. I still did make all my images so far with cable release. :-)
I also have one also as several other box cameras but I must confess I’ve never tried a single one with film. I Think I have to very soon! Very nice pictures. The one in front of the „Königsbau“ is the best one for my taste. Thanks for charing with us.
Thank you for your nice comment.
Yes, go out and shoot. I like the Königsbau shot. It’s the most „street like“ shot. 😃
Very cute body shape
I bought the Clack on ebay and can't wait arrive it!
That’s nice to hear. Have a lot of fun with it. 🤟😀
Nice video! These are cheap to buy, you don't need ebay, better walk to a thrift-shop. But they are expensive to use. In ideal conditions it can give nice results, but I prefer the better lens and the full control of the Moskva 5 for 6x9.
There are no real local thrift stores in my area. Sometimes there are flea markets, but with not that many cameras on it.
Therefore my No. one source of old cameras is still EBay. 🙃
After shooting the Agfa Clack, I also bought another 6x9 foldable camera. But I had not the chance to shoot with her yet. When I do, I will make another video, that’s for sure. 😀 6x9 negatives are really nice to look at. I should look for a roll of slide film at some point, I think. 😇
Thanks for the Moskva 5 Tipp. I will have a look for that one, later on😁
Better than Hasselblad. I got one with an exposed film inside. 3 women from the 50's in Switzerland. The rounded back makes sharp image, it's a smart solution
Haha… not really. Hasselblads only have 6x6. The Agfa clack is therefore better ;-)
But she can really make great images. I just used b&w film yet. But maybe some day I put a Colorfilm inside. :-)
Indeed the most simplest cameras with impressive performance. I particularly like the sleeve it comes with, esp the green one.
Its not intimidating and the lack of dials, modes, metering actually lets you concentrate on the subject more.
Btw, where did u get this developed? self or dm/rossmann?
Hi there, thanks for your comment 😀
I think mine came in a light brown case. Yes, they are pretty nice.
At first I was a little scared about not to meter and the lack of options on the shooting. I planned to use an external light meter on location but in the end, I decided to go with the flow and just shoot as it was intended. Therefore I am much happier, that i got really nice results.
I send my pictures to ProLab - Fotofachlabor in Stuttgart. They were known as Photostudio13 before, but the owner has changed. I had only good experience with them.
www.prolab.de
I bought an Agfa Clack and shot a roller, I'm waiting for the result
Nice! I hope you got some fine results. 😄👍
Hi, just wondering where you got the remote shutter release, I've only been able to find for fuji
Hi, I think they are still very common. Have a look for cable release triggers. These have normally a threaded pin to screw into your camera and a wire inside, that presses down the cameras shutter button, when you press the trigger.
The shutter release buttons for Fuji for example use the same thread. I have 4-5 different of these cable releases here, just by buying some lots of old cameras. I am sure you can still find them brand new in some online stores.
@@manugeee thank you for the fast reply, I'll definitely look into it after i work out where to buy the correct film as I'm not sure my local camera store will have it or know what it is
Can you suggest the kind of remote shutter you use? Is it possibile to find it online ?
Thanks
Shure. Just look for cable release and you should find it. It should be available in high numbers because they were also in use 90years ago.
Most of these can be screwed inside the shutter button with a thread. But Some have the old Leica variant which goes around the trigger button.
Look for something like that:
www.ebay.de/itm/404024607080?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=707-127634-2357-0&ssspo=Y9n_A4HrTRS&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=ibqQLHVLRSa&var=673908395510&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Hey there i have never done any sort of photography before but loved playing with angles etc on my phone, anyways I found an AGFA CLACK for just 8€ in the Netherlands and just had to buy it.
So the film loading and all of that worked all right as I found good tutorials for it and I shot two 8-photo rolls of Fuji Acros ISO100 but now I do not have a clue on how to get these images printed or digitalized, can anybody help me? I did send them to the German drugstore Rossmann which develops and prints film rolls but they sent it back to me just developed and a sticker saying "Format not supported : 6x9"
hi there, great to hear, that you have decided to shoot some film. 😁👍
I send my film to prolab in Stuttgart. Never had any problems with them. I don’t know if they ship back to the Netherlands, but you can ask them before you send your film.
www.prolab.de/
Maybe there are also film labs in the Netherlands, but I don’t have any lists of those.
@@manugeee ich bin tatsächlich auch aus bawü :)
ich schau mal ob ich meine Filme da auch hinschicke vielen Dank
@@ihateminskk dann ist das ja doch ne ganze Ecke einfacher. Ich schreib immer einen Brief (immer den gleichen) mit Entwicklungsauftrag und Rücksendeadresse dazu und kriege dann die Filme mit Rechnung 1-2 Wichen später ins Haus. Ich glaube es gibt da einen Tag pro Woche, an dem Entwickelt wird. Ich meine Dienstags. Wenn du den verpasst, dann wird am nächsten Dienstag dein Film mit entwickelt.
Grüße
Manuel