New camera - Agfa Paramat

[Carl170]

Hi.

I just got this delivered this afternoon and though a few half frame fans might appreciate it.

It is a 1963 Agfa Paramat complete with Box, Instructions and case.

The camera is absolutely mint and does not appear to have ever had a roll of film through it. The selenium meter appears to work, but time will tell.

I will post results of the film as soon as I have them.

Regards

Carl

 

[thegman]

I'm not really into half-frame, but that is a little beauty.

 

[Muggins]

Nice little set! I have a Parat I, which I suspect is the same camera without the meter, and it's a little sweetie. Mind you, the shutter release takes some getting used to - it's a long and slow press before anything happens, and you're convinced you twitched the camera!

Image here, friends nearby in stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gray1720/8605119715/
I used it for some diptychs, just for a turkish.

Adrian

 

[Mauro]

I got this camera last Sunday at a flea market.
I have never played with a half-frame, so I look forward to seeing the first roll developed.
I will be glad to read other comments on this unusual camera.

 

[Rodchenko]

Nice one. I had a Silette, which was simple and wonderful. And I now have two half-frame cameras. As soon as I get the Pen D fixed, that'll be getting a lot of use.

 

[petronius]

The Parat series is great, but the shutter release is hard to press in some models. The best imo is the Optima Parat:

More halfframe!

 

[Greyscale]

I bought an Optima Parat a couple of weeks ago, and have a film in it now, but I have been too busy packing (I am moving) to do much shooting with it. It is a beautiful little thing, the pictures don't really do it justice.


Agfa Optima-Parat by Greyscale3, on Flickr


IMG_0014 by Greyscale3, on Flickr

 

[Austintatious]

Wow, that little Optima has a Solinar lens on it by golley ! Sweet 😀
Anyone have some images to post from one of these cameras ?

 

[Greyscale]

Wow, that little Optima has a Solinar lens on it by golley ! Sweet 😀

Not only that, it also has battery-free autoexposure, much like the Trip 35 and the Olympus Pen EE half-frame cameras. ISO range is a little limited (ASA 25-200), so indoors you would probably want to use a flash. I hope to have some results from mine soon.