Great little video Howard. Best video I've seen on the Agfa Super Solinette. Very informative and user friendly and your passion for it comes through. Well done.
Thank you Howard! Such a helpful video. I've just picked up my first Agfa Super Solinette and you video really helped me understand the mechanics. Cheers.
Outstanding video Howard chock full of great info lovely wee camera, I'm currently leading a bid for one that,s why I'm searching info about it. You did well for your first video I look back at my first efforts with absolute horror, now on video 254 and to be fair I'm still horrific but hey keeps me outta mischief. Liked and subbed mate keep em coming. Regards Paul
Thanks for the video. I inherited from my grandfather and mother as well. I also inherited a Topcon RE Super with Exacta lens mount from my grandfather as well, in stunning conditions. Keep up with the good videos mate ✌️🙂
Thanks for the kind comment Kenneth. The Topcon company made some interesting cameras over the years. If they both work well you should put a film through one of them. Have fun 😁
Good video, Howard. I have one and I like using it, but I tend not to take it out wqhen it's raining or when the weather is very hot - I worry about the bellows. The only thing I don't like is the struggle to rewind the film. It's quite hard to hold the button in while turning rewind knob.
Thanks Sean. They are great little cameras. I wouldn't take mine out in the rain either. As far as rewinding is concerned I hold it vertically, hold the button in with the left hand and rewind with the right. Have fun 😀
Been going back through and watching some of your videos again my friend. I know I mentioned prior about my love for the super isolette, and I sometimes regret trading it but I just never liked 6x6. I really wish they made a super record, now that would have been my dream camera. I started looking up these cameras online. I'm wondering if buying one of these will satisfy my desire to buy another isolette that I probably would rarely use!
Hi Christopher, I looked up on eBay and found a few around the $150 mark. If you like the 35mm format I think you would really like this pocket camera. Just make sure you get a good one. Just beware the dreaded GAS, Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Best wishes, Howard.
Hi Howard, I have been fighting the dreaded GAS for eons! $150 is a good price, I kinda expected a bit more. i wil have to get on eBay and look around. It is always a gamble buying old cameras online. i had a mint Agfa Super isolette I bough on eBay from Certo6 years ago. Didn't realize how rare a camera that nice was. You live and learn! @@howpow
I've just received one in the mail together in a large batch of "camera junk". It seems to be a slight variation without the EV coupling ( which I like more) The focussing is stiff because the lubricant is dried up, but after applying some lighter fuel on the thread, focussing is still a little stiff but acceptable. I never heard of this camera as it is out of the scope of what I am collecting. Still, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and features of what at first looked like just another "old" camera.
Hi Rick. I had to use lighter fluid also on the focus threads to free it up a bit. I was pleasantly surprised just how good the lens is on mine. If it's in good shape it's worth putting it film through it. Cheers, Howard 📷
In the 1950s, Agfa cameras were sold in the US following an older cooperation of Agfa with Ansco. Solinettes would be rebranded "Ansco Regent" and "Super Regent" respectively. The Solinette was not Agfa´s top of the line, the Karat was (faster lenses, lever winder instead of knob). Ca. 1954 came the Silette/Ansco Memar as successor of the Solinette/Regent (fixed lense).
I winded it manually and it fired once, but when I tried again the shutter stopped firing, even though it's not stuck and I can wiggle it a little, but it won't fire so I can cock it again. Any ideas?
These cameras need a film loaded to work properly, but you can fool them by opening the back and manually progressing the film mechanism by turning the silver toothed film advance roller until it stops rotating. Now cock the shutter if necessary and it should work. Cheers, Howard
@@howpow I did that but it got stuck (wasn't able to cock it again). I kept wigging the shutter lever and it moved eventually. Hopefully that doesn't happen after I put film in. Now to clean the green grease, the focus wheel is cemented in place
@@Zack-xz1ph If the shutter isn't already cocked and the little lever won't move to the left (looking from the rear), I suspect something in the shutter mechanism is broken.
Hi Kevin, I have a very basic setup for these videos, just my mobile phone so I can't really do that. I do assure you that if your camera is in good working condition that you will not be disappointed. Have fun.
Great little video Howard. Best video I've seen on the Agfa Super Solinette. Very informative and user friendly and your passion for it comes through. Well done.
Thanks Philip, I'm glad you liked it.
Thank you Howard! Such a helpful video. I've just picked up my first Agfa Super Solinette and you video really helped me understand the mechanics. Cheers.
Hi Bindu, these are excellent cameras capable of great photos.
Enjoy, Howard
I may be buying one of these so glad you gave a detailed description of how to use it. It will be a partner to my Isolette 120 camera.
Hi Ken. It will make a nice pair with your Isolette. Two of Agfa's best.
As a first time youTuber, this video was very informative and thorough. What an interesting little camera! Well done 👍
Thanks Nic. A bit belated I know.
Very helpful explanation. Thankyou Howard!
Thanks Malcolm, much appreciated.
You did great 😁. I inherited one of these from my grandfather. Learning how to use it.
Thanks Annaliese. It's worth learning, they are great little cameras. 😃
Great effort H! Very interesting.
Thanks David, Hopefully I'll improve. I was pretty nervous. 😁
You did well!
Outstanding video Howard chock full of great info lovely wee camera, I'm currently leading a bid for one that,s why I'm searching info about it. You did well for your first video I look back at my first efforts with absolute horror, now on video 254 and to be fair I'm still horrific but hey keeps me outta mischief. Liked and subbed mate keep em coming. Regards Paul
Thanks again Paul. If you can get a really nice example I'm sure you will really enjoy it.
@@howpow definitely would enjoy it the one I’m bidding on looks a tad scruffy but at 12 nzd so far it’s a steal cheers
Thank you, I have just purchased this litte gem:)
Hi Karol. I'm glad you like it. They are great little cameras.
Cheers, Howard 📷
Thanks for the video. I inherited from my grandfather and mother as well.
I also inherited a Topcon RE Super with Exacta lens mount from my grandfather as well, in stunning conditions. Keep up with the good videos mate ✌️🙂
Thanks for the kind comment Kenneth.
The Topcon company made some interesting cameras over the years. If they both work well you should put a film through one of them.
Have fun 😁
Good video, Howard. I have one and I like using it, but I tend not to take it out wqhen it's raining or when the weather is very hot - I worry about the bellows. The only thing I don't like is the struggle to rewind the film. It's quite hard to hold the button in while turning rewind knob.
Thanks Sean. They are great little cameras. I wouldn't take mine out in the rain either. As far as rewinding is concerned I hold it vertically, hold the button in with the left hand and rewind with the right. Have fun 😀
Thanks for the nice video.
Hi jrd, glad you enjoyed it.
Cheers, Howard 😀
Been going back through and watching some of your videos again my friend. I know I mentioned prior about my love for the super isolette, and I sometimes regret trading it but I just never liked 6x6. I really wish they made a super record, now that would have been my dream camera. I started looking up these cameras online. I'm wondering if buying one of these will satisfy my desire to buy another isolette that I probably would rarely use!
Hi Christopher, I looked up on eBay and found a few around the $150 mark.
If you like the 35mm format I think you would really like this pocket camera. Just make sure you get a good one.
Just beware the dreaded GAS, Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
Best wishes, Howard.
Hi Howard, I have been fighting the dreaded GAS for eons! $150 is a good price, I kinda expected a bit more. i wil have to get on eBay and look around. It is always a gamble buying old cameras online. i had a mint Agfa Super isolette I bough on eBay from Certo6 years ago. Didn't realize how rare a camera that nice was. You live and learn!
@@howpow
Thank you that was very helpfull
Hi Nedslevel, I'm glad you found it useful. They are very nice cameras.
Howard, 📷
I've just received one in the mail together in a large batch of "camera junk". It seems to be a slight variation without the EV coupling ( which I like more) The focussing is stiff because the lubricant is dried up, but after applying some lighter fuel on the thread, focussing is still a little stiff but acceptable. I never heard of this camera as it is out of the scope of what I am collecting. Still, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and features of what at first looked like just another "old" camera.
Hi Rick. I had to use lighter fluid also on the focus threads to free it up a bit.
I was pleasantly surprised just how good the lens is on mine.
If it's in good shape it's worth putting it film through it.
Cheers, Howard 📷
In the 1950s, Agfa cameras were sold in the US following an older cooperation of Agfa with Ansco. Solinettes would be rebranded "Ansco Regent" and "Super Regent" respectively.
The Solinette was not Agfa´s top of the line, the Karat was (faster lenses, lever winder instead of knob). Ca. 1954 came the Silette/Ansco Memar as successor of the Solinette/Regent (fixed lense).
Hi Zebulon. Thanks for the comment.
A lot of good information in there.
Cheers, Howard
@@howpow Howard, you´re welcome. I looked up your video because I just bought one Solinette similar to your´s for comparison. Thanks!
I winded it manually and it fired once, but when I tried again the shutter stopped firing, even though it's not stuck and I can wiggle it a little, but it won't fire so I can cock it again. Any ideas?
These cameras need a film loaded to work properly, but you can fool them by opening the back and manually progressing the film mechanism by turning the silver toothed film advance roller until it stops rotating.
Now cock the shutter if necessary and it should work.
Cheers, Howard
@@howpow I did that but it got stuck (wasn't able to cock it again). I kept wigging the shutter lever and it moved eventually. Hopefully that doesn't happen after I put film in. Now to clean the green grease, the focus wheel is cemented in place
@@Zack-xz1ph If the shutter isn't already cocked and the little lever won't move to the left (looking from the rear), I suspect something in the shutter mechanism is broken.
@@howpow yeah there's definitely something wrong. I'll have to get another one
@@Zack-xz1ph Try to make sure everything works properly before you buy it.
Do you have any test photos? I just bought one!
Hi Kevin, I have a very basic setup for these videos, just my mobile phone so I can't really do that. I do assure you that if your camera is in good working condition that you will not be disappointed. Have fun.
Now all these Cameras are unuseful, because film is not available in market, now the digital age.
Not true, a good range of both B&W and colour films are available. Film is making a comeback, however temporary.