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In really nice cosmetic conditionLens looks to be scratch, haze and fungus free, and the shutter fires freely.The metering appears to be working as the red signal turns to green within the viewfinder indicating correct exposureComes with original case, though it has a crack in the top.However I have not run a film through it so selling as untested.
The Optima is a family of 35mm cameras made by Agfa in the 1960s and beyond.
The original Optima was in 1959 the first manufactured camera with programmed exposure, obtained by a selenium-meter driven mechanical system. Moving its shutter release lever halfway down triggers a mechanical system that obtains aperture value and speed from the electromechanical part of the meter. The system mirrors a green or a red signal into the viewfinder when the camera catches appropriate exposure settings from the meter or not. The does not require any batteries Template:Citation-needed. As camera with fully automatic exposure it was only preceded by a handcrafted model of Kodak in the 1930s. The Paxette electromatic of 1959 may have appeared at the same time as the Agfa Optima, but it was a simpler camera with just automatic aperture.
The Agfa Optima I is a 35mm film viewfinder camera made by Agfa and produced between 1960-64. It is simpler and cheaper version of Optima original.
Film speed (10-100 ASA) in model h1 and (10-200 ASA) in model h2 sets the shutter speed. Auto exposure control and manual settings for flash. Lens is Agfa Color-Agnar 45mm f/2.8 and the shutter is Prontor-Luxwith speeds 1/30-1/500 + B. It was sold as Agfamatic I in Canada
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