Thursday 6 October 2011

Agfa Optima 535

The Agfa optima 535 is a small German-made 35mm film camera, first manufactured in the 1970's. It has some very nice features including a nice compact, build, a big sensor and a large and bright viewfinder. It has a 40mm/2.8 lens, and shutter speeds from 1/30s to 1/500s. The 0.9x viewfinder is equal to that found on the Leica M3.
I picked up this lovely Agfa Optima 535 from a charity shop in Clitheroe, Lancashire. It contained a fully exposed roll of Kodak 35mm 24exp 200ASA colour film. Cost £2.00


The film roll was developed at Farnells lab in Lancaster.

Results of the film processing are quite interesting. Looks like a middle aged couple in Spain/Portugal, possibly on holiday in a caravan whilst waiting for a new holiday home to be built. Some nice double exposures.

If you recognise anyone, or have any further information on the location etc, please email me.
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1 comment:

  1. Brought a smile to my face and well done for processing the exposed film.
    Looks to be a v practical camera with a useful 40mm lens.

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