5 Frames with an Agfa Optima 335 electronic | agfa optima 335
Ihaveareputationforcollectingfilmcamerassowhenmysister-in-law’sfriendsaidherhusbandwantedagoodhomeforsomegearIdidn’thesitatetopopoverandlook.Well20+cameraslaterandaloadofdarkroomequipment,includingacopyingstandthatjustfittedinthecarmycollectionhadswollensomewhat.AswellasacoupleofZorki4’s,OlympusXA2’stherearequiteafewlesscommoncamerasinthecollection,includinganIfordSportsmasterwithfourshutterreleasebuttonsplusanAgfa335Sensorelectronic.TheAgfaintriguedmeasIhadn’tseenonebeforeandthedesignisunus...
I have a reputation for collecting film cameras so when my sister-in-law’s friend said her husband wanted a good home for some gear I didn’t hesitate to pop over and look. Well 20+ cameras later and a load of darkroom equipment, including a copying stand that just fitted in the car my collection had swollen somewhat.
As well as a couple of Zorki 4’s ,Olympus XA2’s there are quite a few less common cameras in the collection, including an Iford Sportsmaster with four shutter release buttons plus an Agfa 335 Sensor electronic. The Agfa intrigued me as I hadn’t seen one before and the design is unusual.
I decided I would like to put a roll through the Agfa, so battery contacts, lens and viewfinder cleaned plus batteries sourced and I thought this would be an ideal camera to use on the recent Beer and Cameras walk that Hamish organised not so long ago in the centre of Birmingham.
I put an unbranded out of date 24 exposure colour film in although I normally shoot B&W...