Agfa Super Silette Automatic

[Mablo]

I found another forgotten FL rangefinder from the -50's. I seem to like cameras that look like they could have been used in an early James Bond movie.

http://www.collection-appareils.fr/agfa/html/agfa_super_silette_auto.php

I don't know much about Agfa rangefinders. The Solinar lens is not the worst one I think but the best one was Soligon etc. I assume they are not up to the level of Retinas in terms of image quality?

 

[petronius]

The Shutter relase is not placed perfect for my hands, bur the rangefinder is wonderful. A very good visible patch/frameline and an automatic parallax correction.
Examples from my Super Silette Automatic/Solinar:

Acros/Rodinal

 

[Mablo]

Thanks Petronius! The 2nd photo is really sharp. I wasn't expecting the lens to be so sharp. Tessar, I presume.

 

[gdmcclintock]

How about the Agfa Ambi Silette with interchangeable lenses? There is high praise on the CameraQuest site.

 

[petronius]

The Solinar is the same in Ambi Silette and Super Silette Automatic, Tessar type, as Mablo said. The handling of the Ambi Silette is worse than the Super Silette Automatic, imo. The Karat 36 has the nicest handling of the Agfas from that era I used so far.

 

[hanskerensky]

I have an Agfa Super Silette from that period. It has a very sharp Solagon lens. After a CLA to improve the struggling filmtransport it's a real pleasure to use.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29504544@N08/3337507405/

Other versions of the Super Silette had the Apotar or the Solinar (Tessar type) lens.