David Mitchell
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I got this camera from my girlfriend today for Christmas and im amazed at the condition its in, its an original Agfa Isola with an Isola I ever-ready case, I believe these were made in around 1955. It shoots 120 roll film and gives a 6X6 image (which im sure Pete will like
). Its compact but it also has a collapsible lens to make it compact but allows a larger 6X6 image rather than a 35mm image.
Here it is in its case:
And the case open
And removed from the case - this is it compact
And here it is extended, basically the lens comes forward when you twist and then pull it, it then locks neatly into place and you are ready to go. You can see the aperture settings on the side of the lens, either f6.3 or f11, the lens apparently also has a built in yellow filter.
You can see the rest of the 'controls' here, the winder, shutter release and then the shutter speeds on the lens of B, 30 or 100 as well as a cold shoe - I have seen a different viewfinder bolted onto the top of them when I was looking into finding the manual for this camera. The little window on the top shows if the shutter has gone off or not, you can't take another photos until you wind the camera on and the red indicator goes which means you won't accidently get double exposures (which is cool).
Here you can see the lens at f6.3 (im holding it open in the B setting), you can 'focus' by guessing the distance and turning the centre part of the lens.
When you switch to F11 it doesn't actually have an iris like most of them but has what I can only describe as a flip out mask with a smaller size opening.
Here is the camera with the back open, its takes 120 film with 6X6 image size and has some easy to use arms that come out and you tilt the film and then push the arms back in to lock the film in place. You can also see the red window so you can see what exposure number you are on via the paper backing on the roll film.
I got this camera from my girlfriend today for Christmas and im amazed at the condition its in, its an original Agfa Isola with an Isola I ever-ready case, I believe these were made in around 1955. It shoots 120 roll film and gives a 6X6 image (which im sure Pete will like
). Its compact but it also has a collapsible lens to make it compact but allows a larger 6X6 image rather than a 35mm image.Here it is in its case:
And the case open
And removed from the case - this is it compact
And here it is extended, basically the lens comes forward when you twist and then pull it, it then locks neatly into place and you are ready to go. You can see the aperture settings on the side of the lens, either f6.3 or f11, the lens apparently also has a built in yellow filter.
You can see the rest of the 'controls' here, the winder, shutter release and then the shutter speeds on the lens of B, 30 or 100 as well as a cold shoe - I have seen a different viewfinder bolted onto the top of them when I was looking into finding the manual for this camera. The little window on the top shows if the shutter has gone off or not, you can't take another photos until you wind the camera on and the red indicator goes which means you won't accidently get double exposures (which is cool).
Here you can see the lens at f6.3 (im holding it open in the B setting), you can 'focus' by guessing the distance and turning the centre part of the lens.
When you switch to F11 it doesn't actually have an iris like most of them but has what I can only describe as a flip out mask with a smaller size opening.
Here is the camera with the back open, its takes 120 film with 6X6 image size and has some easy to use arms that come out and you tilt the film and then push the arms back in to lock the film in place. You can also see the red window so you can see what exposure number you are on via the paper backing on the roll film.
