Now I got some moaning (you know who you are) when I posted about the H35. To paraphrase ” ..these are just plastic rubbish eco disasters and will end up in landfill” The company Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation (Corporation for Aniline Production) was founded in Rummelsburg (now in the Lichtenberg borough of Berlin) as a manufacturer of dyes and stains. It became a public limited company in 1873. The founders were Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (son of composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) and Carl Alexander von Martius.

In the early 1980s Agfa produced its last film cameras. The new models of the Selectronic series were manufactured by Chinon. Agfa gave up camera production in 1983 after having been taken over by Bayer in 1981. All later Agfa film cameras were OEM products. Agfacolor negative-positive color material is used for the first time for a feature film Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten ( Women make the best Diplomats) by the German UFA film studios. The reason I tell you this is because I think I’ve found it in the Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor. Or, I should say, I think I found it in 2018 when I first owned (and lost) the Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor. It just took me a while to figure out that the camera I was looking for was right under my nose.

When I first started shooting in late 2015, I had no idea what I wanted from a camera. I learned to shoot on a quirky Zeiss Ikon SLR that didn’t even have instant mirror return. But this was 2016, and the film camera industry was still a bit of a wildcard. There were plenty of options out there for a clueless amateur like myself. That tiny light sensor directly above the lens does a great job metering the entire scene, and the Agfa’s flexible shutter has a wide range. The Optima Sensor series is named based on their top shutter speed. The 335 is 1/300, 535 is 1/500, and the 1035 is 1/1000. All the models can, according to Agfa, handle up to 15 second exposures. Pretty impressive for something so small. Sale of Agfa Monotype Corporation, a provider of fonts and font-related software technology, to Boston-based private equity investor TA Associates. In 2004, Agfa-Gevaert withdrew from the consumer market, including photographic film, cameras and other photographic equipment.

Acquisition of Lastra, an Italian manufacturer of plates, chemicals and equipment for the offset printing industry.

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The Agfa’s ability to shoot up to 15 seconds came in handy, and the dreamy effect of a slow shutter combined with the bright neon lights make these concert shots some of my favorites I’ve ever taken. Not sure if you mentioned it, but on the under side of the lens is a regular focusing distance scale in feet and meters for those who want more precise adjustments. I ended up buying an older version of the same camera, taking it out of the box, and going “oh no, this isn’t it” before returning it. The lens was also hazy, in my defense. It was a bolt out of the blue and a clever move from Agfphoto. And you know a bit of competition does no harm. Acquisition of Mitra Imaging Inc., a developer of medical imaging and information systems for healthcare.The next day, I realized what had happened. My Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor had shot its last shot, and for some reason I wasn’t too upset about it. In my hubris, I figured I would find another camera just as good and be fine. It was just like giving someone an XA to play with. There would always be more cameras, right? So up on the shelf went the Optima Sensor 1035, relegated to a life of looking nice. What I fool I had been. And so, my search began again. The 40mm focal length is also great for me. It’s so close to the eye’s natural focal length that framing is second nature. What you see is more or less what you get. What else could you want from a “bring everywhere” camera? When I pulled my first Agfa from the box, I was blown away by how small it was. How was I supposed to fit a roll of film in this thing? I’m being dramatic, as always, but it was abundantly clear that this camera had been designed meticulously and with purpose. This section is in list format but may read better as prose. You can help by converting this section, if appropriate. Editing help is available. ( June 2020)