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Optima 500
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2005.006.13.125
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1964 (Manufacturing)
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- Agfa Camera-Werk
- Place
- Germany
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Physical description
1 piece of photographic equipment : camera ; 9 x 12.5 x 6.9 cm.
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Item is a Agfa Optima 500 35mm camera. The camera introduced a new body for the Optima, similar to the Agfa Silette Record of 1963, containing a selenium meter, rapid-wind level on bottom, a shutter release on lens barrel, and a red-green signal in bright-frame finder. This item features a Color-Apotar f2.8/45 mm lens, an automatic programmed Compur shutter f2.8/30 to f22/500, and a square shutter release.
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Good condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated to Ryerson University Library Special Collections by James Heard in 2018.
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- Agfa Camera-Werk (Subject)
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Sources
Mckeown, James M., & MCKeown, Joan C. (Eds). (2004). McKeown's price guide to antique and classic cameras (12th ed.). Grantsburg, Wis: Centennial Photo Service.