Agfa Click

Agfa Click the name of the last Agfa - roll film camera in the format 6 x 6 cm with 120 roll film .

The Click was the last roll film camera in the series, from the Rietzschel predecessors to the Standards, the Billys , the Boxes and Records to the Isolettes . The floor cameras turned into folding cameras , boxes and finally those with a fixed tube. The Clack camera formed an intermediate form from the box to the click. There were not only changes in the technical structure. Wood, metal and leather were replaced by plastic at the Click. Only a few mechanical parts were made of metal.

Distinguishing features

The viewfinder either has a straight base (viewfinder 1) or is canted (viewfinder 2).

Viewfinder 1

Viewfinder 2

surface

horizontal stripes pressed in plastic	Artificial leather covered with black	Artificial leather covered with gray (possibly a unique piece)	grained surface pressed in plastic

Clasp

Single shutter with only one exposure time, no B setting, no cable release connection possible.

cover

2 icons and yellow filter	2 symbols and distance and portrait lens	2 symbols and distance, yellow filter, portrait lens	3 symbols (Click IV)

Made in ...

Made in Germany under the front lens - to the front	Made in Germany on the front ring at the bottom - downwards	Made in France around the tripod thread	Made in India in the left film chamber at Click III “Reg. TM: Agfa-AG Reg. User: The New India Industries Ltd. "	Made in India in the left film chamber at Click IV “Regd. TM: Agfa-Gevaert Permitted user: NIILtd. "

Locking mechanism

a) can be seen from the front through the front lens b) is covered (on 1292 and 1310)

Lightning connection

The Clibo speed camera is required for the Agfa Click with its special flash connection. It can also be used with the Synchro-Box (Cli = Click, bo = Box).

In India, Agfa offered a specially manufactured flash with a Clibo base: Agfa A-1.

The flash connection is the same on all Agfa Clicks: two pins of different sizes on which the Clibo speed camera can be attached.

Exception: The Click IV has an accessory shoe and a flash nipple.

Film stage

The film stage is curved. This improves the outline of the simple lenses (as with the Isoly cameras).

Back wall

The back wall is held in place by 2 springs and is completely removable.

Weights

The weights are different. There are two areas: around 175 grams, around 265 grams. It seems that Agfa built weights into some models to make the camera heavier and therefore more valuable. Until then, cameras were mostly made of metal. The almost complete use of plastic resulted in a significant reduction in weight. The 185 grams of the Click IV are explained by the metal accessory shoe.

equipment

Plastic bag light brown with beige border on top, Agfa number 6047, "1-59" under the flap
Brown plastic bag with a dark brown border on top, Agfa number 6047
Brown leather bag, no number, top part with 2 rivets, probably Made in France
Brown leather bag, no number, upper part 4 rivets, probably made in India
Black leather bag, no number, upper part 4 rivets, probably Made in India
Plastic bag ocher, without number, leather grain, probably Made in India
Cliboblitz, Agfa number 6864
Cliboblitz, Agfa number 6865, without plastic bag, blue in the original packaging
Cliboblitz, Agfa number 6865, with plastic bag, red packaging
Plastic bag for the Cliboblitz, Agfa number 6074
A-1 Flash Gun, Made in India
Sun visor, plug connector, 30mm, Agfa numbers 6300 and 6310
Auxiliary lens 1–2m, for close-ups, Agfa number 9574
Auxiliary lens 1–2.5m, for portraits, plug connection, 30mm, Agfa numbers 6701 and 6702
Yellow filter, plug connection, 30mm, Agfa number 9110

Model overview

The Kadlubek number refers to KADLUBEKS CAMERA CATALOG, 5th expanded and updated edition 2004; in some variations "V" and "W" were added.

By Günther Kadlubek and Rudolf Hillebrand from the PhotoDeal edition

Surname	Agfa_number	Kadlubek number	year	lens	Viewfinder	surface	Aperture / filter	Made in ...	Locking mechanism	Weight	Illustration
Click I	0641/100	AGF1290	1958	Meniscus 72.5mm / 11.0	perpendicular	horizontal stripes	Yellow filter	Germany under front lens	visible	175 g	1290
Click I	dto	AGF1291	1958	Meniscus 72.5mm / 11.0	cantilevered	grained	Yellow filter	France to tripod thread	visible	269 g	1291
Click I	dto	AGF1292	1958	Meniscus 72.5mm / 11.0	perpendicular	horizontal stripes	Yellow filter	Germany under front lens	covered	176 g	1292
Click I	dto	AGF1293	1958	Meniscus 72.5mm / 11.0	cantilevered	horizontal stripes	Yellow filter	Germany under front lens	visible	175 g	1293
Click II	0642/000	AGF1300	1959	Achromat 72.5mm / 8.8	perpendicular	leather black	Portrait lens	Germany on the front ring	visible	178 g	1300
Click II	dto	AGF1300V	1959	Achromat 72.5mm / 8.8	perpendicular	leather black	Portrait lens	no MiGermany	visible	178 g	1300V
Click II	dto	AGF1301	1959	Achromat 72.5mm / 8.8	cantilevered	leather black	Portrait lens	Germany on the front ring	visible	263 g	1301
Click II	dto	AGF1301V	1959	Achromat 72.5mm / 8.8	cantilevered	leather black	Portr lens + yellow filter	Germany on the front ring	visible	265 g
Click II	dto	AGF1301W	1959	Achromat 72.5mm / 8.8	cantilevered	Leather gray	Portr lens + yellow filter	Germany on the front ring	visible	264 g
Click III	0643/000	AGF1310	1959	Achromat 72.5mm / 8.8	cantilevered	grained	Yellow filter	India - glue	covered	173 g
Click IV	0644/000	AGF1320	1960	Achromat 72.5mm / 8.8	cantilevered	horizontal stripes	3 apertures	India	visible	185 g

Web links

Commons : Agfa Click - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Günther Kadlubek and Rudolf Hillebrand: Kadlubek's camera catalog . 5th expanded and updated edition. Verlag Rudolf Hillebrand, Neuss 2004, p. 984 .

[1] Günther Kadlubek and Rudolf Hillebrand: Kadlubek's camera catalog . 5th expanded and updated edition. Verlag Rudolf Hillebrand, Neuss 2004, p. 984 .