Agfa Selectronic S rangefinder

[Axel]

Hi,

just noticed there are not much informations on the web of this camera so I will post what I know of mine:

Fixed lense rangefinder with all-metal body. Automatic exposure only with aperture priority.
Coupled rangefinder with parallax-marks, aperture and shutter speed visible.
Agfa Color-Solinar lens 2,8/45mm.
Shutter-speeds 1s-1/500s
Aperture-range 2,8-22
ISO 25-400

Dimensions 114x80x70mm, 491g with batteries. Hot-shoe, self-timer, remote (mechanic), frame-counter (bottom), built-in lightmeter (needle visible in finder), battery-check, 2xKA625 batteries.

The film-advance-lever resides at the bottom of the camera to be triggered by the left thumb. Film rewinding by pressing the "R"-knob at the front and advance-lever.



The most exotic or unique part of this camera is the red sensor-knob to release the shutter.
You can place a whole finger on it and press smoothly down until release. Works fine. My first Agfa with sensor was... 1968? That way around. This camera was produced in the seventies.

Size and handling of the Selectronic S reminds me to a Leica CL in some way.

Hope my infos are useful for one or another. Please feel free to ask if you want to know more.

Regards, Axel

 

[cklammer]

Sorry to bump this thread but the info in the OP is buggy:

Format: 24 x 36 on 35mm film (135) Optics: Agfa Color - Solinar 1:2,8 45mm Shutter: Agfa Paratronic Electronic shutter 15 sec - 1/500 sec. Focusing: Manual - double superimposing image in viewfinder Flash: Hotshoe Other features Both Aperture and shutterspeed displayed in viewfinder
Semi automatic CdS exposure control - Aperture priority
I copied this info from this link.

What I know myself: It was buiild from 1970-1974 and likes many other cameras of that period takes two of the now infamous and obsolete 1.35 mercury button batteries. A specialty of the Paratronic shutter and the automatic exposure system based on it was it was able to adjust the shutter timing during long exposures. A manual mode it has not.

cklammer

 

[platonovuk]

Thanks both for the useful info on a great little camera.
I was wondering, will the shutter release work without batteries, if you wanted to use it as a purely manual camera?