The Agfa Clack is a box camera produced by Agfa from 1954 to 1965. It was sold in North America as the Agfa Weekender. [1] It is a simple camera which was aimed at the mass market. About 1.65 million were produced, more than all other Agfa box camera models combined.

Mar 12, 2023 · The Clack was manufactured by Agfa from 1954–65. Earlier models had a metal body, later ones were made of plastic. It is a simple camera not unlike certain tea-tins, with a single-element 95mm meniscus lens. While the lens does not focus, a secondary close-up lens may be flipped into place for nearer subjects. It takes 6×9 cm pictures on 120 ...

Jul 4, 2022 · If you’re a long time listener of the Film Photography Podcast, this camera would be one of the more familiar ones, especially the iconic sound bite by Dan Domme, “Agfa Clack.” The camera earns its name by the clack sound the shutter makes, compared to the Agfa Click, also named for its shutter sound. Despite having many amazing cameras ...

Oct 15, 2012 · A review of the Agfa Clack, a delightful camera for 120 (medium format) film that delivers surprisingly great results. This little box is a winner!

The Clack is basically a stylized box camera with an eye-level viewfinder, and has simple settings accordingly: one shutter speed plus a ‘B’ setting, three aperture/lens choices: ‘sunny’ (has a yellow filter), ‘cloudy’ (straight, no filter), and a close-up (magnifier) setting for pictures in …

From the mid-'50s to the mid-'60s the Agfa Clack was the pre-eminent family camera for many Europeans. The camera occupied a niche which in the U.S. was dominated by the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash. Both of these simple box cameras were exceedingly well designed to appeal to their markets, and they produced images of approximately equal quality.

The Agfa Clack is a box camera produced by Agfa from 1954 to 1965. It was sold in North America as the Agfa Weekender. About 1.65 million were produced, more than all other Agfa box camera models combined.

May 28, 2020 · The Agfa Clack was manufactured in Germany from the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, and apparently the later iterations featured a plastic body. On first look, the camera has a vaguely oval shape, due to the curved back to reduce aberration in the images. The features are pretty simple: Meniscus lens with two apertures - ca. f/13 and f/10

Oct 19, 2008 · The Agfa Clack camera was produced from 1954 until 1965. It uses 120 mm film and is part of the Agfa box series – several kinds of cameras designed like a box which were inexpensive and easy to use for everybody.

The Clack camera was manufactured by Agfa 1954-65. Earlier models had a metal body, later ones were made of plastic. It is a simple, boxlike camera, with a single-element 95mm meniscus lens with built-in close-up lens and yellow filter. It takes 6×9 cm pictures on 120 film.