I hesitated for a long time, but at the beginning of April, the time came. I once again have my first camera. Agfa Clark, 6×9. At that time, around 1975, my brother-in-law gave it to me. I probably exposed a film at that time because my pocket money was used very little for development. And my father did not have the equipment to handle medium format. But there has been a beginning.

Now it appeared in front of me again. I opened the back cover, what did I see? On the right, a wooden spool. Oh my goodness, when was the last day this machine exposed film? The shutter was also sluggish at first. But after a few releases, it started again. Well, let's see what it can do.

The camera has a meniscus lens with a focal length of ?mm. It doesn't matter, you can see the content in the picture through the viewfinder. There are two distance settings, 1–3m / 3–10ft and 3m–∞ / 10ft–∞. There are two aperture settings, cloudy and sunny. The shutter speed is approximately 1/30 and B (bulb). Oh, there is also a cable release port. That's all, this is what you need. For 1/30, I chose 100 ISO film, ILFORD Delta 100 Professional.

Except for the old ACROS, it is the only 100 speed in the refrigerator. And ACROS is a bit too pity for me. By the way, I have never encountered any problems with the film delivered directly from the refrigerator to the camera. Of course, from the refrigerator I will give the movie time to thaw first.

Now entering the nature, it is evening, the sun is shining and deep. Yes, the path I chose, I have walked countless times, but this time it was against the sun. I also took 8 photos at the time. At least once I also used a close-up lens. I read a lot of bad news about it, let us see.

Of course, when I come back, I have to develop this movie immediately. When I have something new, I am impatient. I developed the film in Adox FX39 II, 19. Also the developer I must try. Yes, the developers did a great job. The developed film looks very good already. It may be more fine-grained, but it doesn't matter under 6×9 anyway. Regardless of Clark.

It dries after dinner and then enters the scanner.

I would describe exposure as good from start to finish. From a normal lens, I am not so confident in sharpness, but it's okay. But the close-up shot surprised me. What is surprising is its sharpness and detail. Of course, there are also photos of meteorite impacts.

I think there is a big difference in the lens series of this camera. It is obvious to me that I only want to use this camera at close range, 1-3m. Anyway, this is actually more interesting to me.

I also think it's good, don't worry about exposure. You can only choose between sunny and cloudy days. I originally planned to convert it to a pinhole camera. But after the results in the close range, I was just like this. Moreover, I later noticed that the clip-on filter (30mm Ø) of Agfa Isolette is also suitable for Clack.

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I am an amateur photographer from the southern edge of Hunsluk, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. When I was 9 or 10 years old, I got an Agfa Clack. I didn’t use it to take pictures seriously, but there are many... View Olaf’s full profile and link

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