So excited to find your video and the 3D model! I’ve had a rapid half frame camera for 12 years (didn’t know what it was when I bought it) and now I’ll finally get to use it. Thanks!!
Any thoughts on a bulk loader for these cartridges? Perhaps the simple solution would be to use a darkroom bag and slip in a pre rolled strip of bulk film. Any idea if there ever was a bulk loader for this system?
Thanks! It has a tab for ISO 100, though in my case the camera isn't sophisticated enough to use the ISO tab. I get the impression that many of the cheap Rapid cameras didn't. I know comparable Kodak Instamatic 126 cameras usually used ISO 100 film, so I just went with that. You can find the STL at github.com/JennyList/cartridge-for-agfa-rapid
The Rapid film system was technically far superior to the Instamatic cartridge, which simply could not produce a sharp image on film. However, Rapid did not have the massive Kodak advertising and marketing resources behind it. Also, the folks who tended to use these systems didn't really care about lack of image sharpness, since their goal was 2 sets of 3x5 inch color prints from some drugstore outlet. There were so few Rapid system cameras actually sold in the US that here, no one really knew anything about it. Agfa really shot itself in the foot by taking its existing line of consumer cameras which used normal 35mm cartridges and just adding models of the same, re-engineered for Rapid cartridges. I remember that this lead to mass confusion for years when people looking to buy Agfa 35mm cameras accidentally bought Rapid versions instead.
So excited to find your video and the 3D model! I’ve had a rapid half frame camera for 12 years (didn’t know what it was when I bought it) and now I’ll finally get to use it. Thanks!!
Excellent! I hope this gives decent results then.
Neat! Great work as always, Jenny
Thank you very much!
Any thoughts on a bulk loader for these cartridges? Perhaps the simple solution would be to use a darkroom bag and slip in a pre rolled strip of bulk film. Any idea if there ever was a bulk loader for this system?
No thoughts as yet on that front, but I am guessing it would be easiest to load the film on the reel outside the cartridge shell
This is brilliant!! Thank you so much for sharing it 🖤
Any time!
Cool, I'd suggest you add ISO 0 to the code, which will make the ISO box solid.
That is for the old Karat cartridge (pre-Rapid)
Very good idea
hi @jennylist great video! so if the ISO is set by the printable cartridge, what ISO is the one you printed at? what ISO should be put inside?
Thanks! It has a tab for ISO 100, though in my case the camera isn't sophisticated enough to use the ISO tab. I get the impression that many of the cheap Rapid cameras didn't. I know comparable Kodak Instamatic 126 cameras usually used ISO 100 film, so I just went with that.
You can find the STL at github.com/JennyList/cartridge-for-agfa-rapid
The Rapid film system was technically far superior to the Instamatic cartridge, which simply could not produce a sharp image on film. However, Rapid did not have the massive Kodak advertising and marketing resources behind it. Also, the folks who tended to use these systems didn't really care about lack of image sharpness, since their goal was 2 sets of 3x5 inch color prints from some drugstore outlet. There were so few Rapid system cameras actually sold in the US that here, no one really knew anything about it. Agfa really shot itself in the foot by taking its existing line of consumer cameras which used normal 35mm cartridges and just adding models of the same, re-engineered for Rapid cartridges. I remember that this lead to mass confusion for years when people looking to buy Agfa 35mm cameras accidentally bought Rapid versions instead.
The only thing I like a bit less about it is the12-exposure limit
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THanks