I bought a lovely Clack for £15 a year ago. I've adapted mine to accept 49mm screw in filters, which allows (among other things) a variety of ND filters to be fitted to give broad control of exposure given the single 'instant' shutter speed. A 10 stop ND puts long daylight exposures on the table, further expanding the camera's scope. It's also a fantastic night photography camera and placed on a tripod with a cable release, the single element meniscus lens performs very well. I opened the lens housing on mine, cleaned everything very thoroughly and treated all moving bits to very small amounts of airbrush lubricant, which has it running beautifully. The 49mm UV filter takes the rectangular Pentax 28mm clamp on lens hood from Pentax themselves and this is a great benefit in shielding the uncoated lens. All in all, it's a firm favourite with me, simple, robust and genuinely a total pleasure to shoot. Happy days.
I have had my best results with 50ASA speed films such as PanF, which seems the best fit for 1/30th shutter speed and the F11 & F16 apertures. Being an Agfa, it takes 30mm push-on filters, which with a little whittling will accept 49mm filters. This, as you say, expands the exposure latitude; a yellow filter is perfect for a very sunny day using PanF (my camera has the close-up lens option). ND filters will certainly allow even more latitude and a greater choice of films. Camera shake is certainly an issue but this can be reduced by always using a cable release even for hand-held shots.
Very nice video. The Agfa Clack is one of my favorite old cameras. It's made largely of plastic and so it doesn't rust or tarnish, and it does not require any batteries or light seals. To top it all off, as an American, I think the name "Clack" is better because it's catchier and more memorable.
The settings of the aperture lever are: Sun: f/16 (later versions: f/11 plus yellow filter), focus 3m to infinity Cloud: f/11, focus 3m to infinity 1-3 m: f/11, focus 1 - 3 m by switching in a "portrait lens" Shutter speed in M ("momentarily") about 1/35 s. Recommended film speeds were 40 ISO for bright sunlight and 100 ISO for cloudy days. I normally use 100 ISO film with f/11 and the original accessory 30 mm yellow filter (yes, that filter is that bad😄).
no supplementary lens, but a yellow filter in one of the settings. Mine has the same light leak problem but i fixed with black tape on the joint. It's a fun camera.
A simple setup with Rodinal developer, a 6x9 printing frame (or a glass) a few bottles and trays, fixer and paper, a light bulb about 40W is all you need to make prints. I use an alarm clock for the time, you can see the clock when the light is on or you can hear the tack every second when the face of the clock is to bright. The development tank would be the most expensive item.A tripod and cable release is nice to have.
I was recently gifted an Agfa Clack and am looking forward to testing it out! Ivery much enjoyed your video!!!
I bought an Agfa Clack in very good condition and will test it soon.
Delightful video! 💝
I bought a lovely Clack for £15 a year ago. I've adapted mine to accept 49mm screw in filters, which allows (among other things) a variety of ND filters to be fitted to give broad control of exposure given the single 'instant' shutter speed. A 10 stop ND puts long daylight exposures on the table, further expanding the camera's scope. It's also a fantastic night photography camera and placed on a tripod with a cable release, the single element meniscus lens performs very well.
I opened the lens housing on mine, cleaned everything very thoroughly and treated all moving bits to very small amounts of airbrush lubricant, which has it running beautifully. The 49mm UV filter takes the rectangular Pentax 28mm clamp on lens hood from Pentax themselves and this is a great benefit in shielding the uncoated lens.
All in all, it's a firm favourite with me, simple, robust and genuinely a total pleasure to shoot. Happy days.
I have had my best results with 50ASA speed films such as PanF, which seems the best fit for 1/30th shutter speed and the F11 & F16 apertures. Being an Agfa, it takes 30mm push-on filters, which with a little whittling will accept 49mm filters. This, as you say, expands the exposure latitude; a yellow filter is perfect for a very sunny day using PanF (my camera has the close-up lens option). ND filters will certainly allow even more latitude and a greater choice of films. Camera shake is certainly an issue but this can be reduced by always using a cable release even for hand-held shots.
Thanks for sharing.Lovely shots from this vintage camera.
Very nice video. The Agfa Clack is one of my favorite old cameras. It's made largely of plastic and so it doesn't rust or tarnish, and it does not require any batteries or light seals. To top it all off, as an American, I think the name "Clack" is better because it's catchier and more memorable.
The settings of the aperture lever are:
Sun: f/16 (later versions: f/11 plus yellow filter), focus 3m to infinity
Cloud: f/11, focus 3m to infinity
1-3 m: f/11, focus 1 - 3 m by switching in a "portrait lens"
Shutter speed in M ("momentarily") about 1/35 s. Recommended film speeds were 40 ISO for bright sunlight and 100 ISO for cloudy days. I normally use 100 ISO film with f/11 and the original accessory 30 mm yellow filter (yes, that filter is that bad😄).
I bought one in a flea market and there was still a film inside, I developed it. It was 3 women in front a shop
no supplementary lens, but a yellow filter in one of the settings. Mine has the same light leak problem but i fixed with black tape on the joint. It's a fun camera.
A simple setup with Rodinal developer, a 6x9 printing frame (or a glass) a few bottles and trays, fixer and paper, a light bulb about 40W is all you need to make prints. I use an alarm clock for the time, you can see the clock when the light is on or you can hear the tack every second when the face of the clock is to bright. The development tank would be the most expensive item.A tripod and cable release is nice to have.
That is how I started printing, shown by my dad when I was six!
I have heard of a agfa billy clack was this the same camera.
Pretty sure it is the same.
Please ignore last reply, Billy crack was a folding camera.
Thanks for watching.
Andy
Box Brownie is 6×6, not 6×9