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The Agfa Clack is a
The Agfa Clack is a box camera
A box camera is a simple type of camera, the most common form being a cardboard or plastic box with a lens in one end and film at the other. They were sold in large numbers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The lenses are often single ...
produced by Agfa
Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Agfa) is a Belgian-German multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, and distributes Analog photography, analogue and digital imaging products, software, and systems.
The company began as a dye manufacturer in 1867 ...
from 1954 to 1965. It was sold in North America as the Agfa Weekender.
It is a simple camera which was aimed at the mass market. About 1.65 million were produced, more than all other Agfa box camera models combined.
It uses 120 film
120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their '' Brownie No. 2'' in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film. 120 film survives to this day as the onl ...
, creating large 6x9 negatives that were usually contact print
A contact print is a photographic image produced from Photographic film, film; sometimes from a film negative (photography), negative, and sometimes from a film positive or paper negative. In a darkroom an exposed and developed piece of film or ...
ed (transferred directly from the negative onto photographic paper
Photographic paper is a coated paper, paper coated with a light-sensitive chemical, used for making photographic prints. When photographic paper is exposed to light, it captures a latent image that is then Photographic developer, developed to form ...
without enlarging).
It has only one shutter speed
In photography, shutter speed or exposure time is the length of time that the film or digital sensor inside the camera is exposed to light (that is, when the camera's shutter (photography), shutter is open) when taking a photograph.
The am ...
, and, depending on model, either a single f/11 f-stop
An f-number is a measure of the light-gathering ability of an optical system such as a camera lens. It is calculated by dividing the system's focal length by the diameter of the entrance pupil ("clear aperture").Smith, Warren ''Modern Optical ...
or a choice of two.
The Agfa Clack played a central role in the 2013 novel, ''Klack'', by German author Klaus Modick.
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Further reading
*Hans-Dieter Götz: ''Box Cameras Made in Germany. Wie die Deutschen fotografieren lernten'', 160 Seiten, vfv Verlag für Foto, Film und Video, Gilching, 2002,External links
*http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/clack/index.htm Information about Clack 120 film cameras Agfa cameras Cameras introduced in 1954 {{camera-stub