A Karat 3.5 version 1 strutfolding 35mm film camera.
Agfa
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1948 - 1950
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
Open 72 x 120 x 72 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524597
Summary
A Karat 3.5 version 1 strutfolding 35mm film camera. 24 x 36mm exposure on 35mm film in Karat-cassettes. Postwar model with Apotar lens, without strap lugs. Takes 12 photos. Exposure counter on top of camera. Shutter with speeds from 1 to 250 plus B setting. Black and chrome coloured metal with black leather bellows. Markings: 'Agfa Karat' on shutter. Lens 'Agfa Apotar 1:3.5 F=5.5cm' Serial number '257305' on lens Inside camera 'HE 2674', and on cartridges 'Gevaert' embossed on one and. 'Agfa made in Germany' on other. Embossed on rear of camera 'Made in Germany
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Agfa, manufacturer