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The Agfa Clack is a box camera produced by Agfa 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
The Agfa Clack is a box camera produced by Agfa 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 It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film. 120 film survives to this day as the only ...
, creating large 6x9 negatives that were usually contact printed (transferred directly from the negative onto photographic paper
Photographic paper is a paper coated with a light-sensitive chemical formula, like photographic film, used for making photographic prints. When photographic paper is exposed to light, it captures a latent image that is then developed to form a v ...
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 or a choice of two.
The Agfa Clack played a central role in the 2013 novel, ''Klack'', by German author Klaus Modick.
References
*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