It is no coincidence that Agfa cameras very often appear here at the Historical . Finally, this global company was one of the most widely circulated camera manufacturers in the 50s and 60s of the last century .
With this apparatus 6x6 Agfa obviously trying to give the actually quite unassuming device a "professional " ( small picture) design , which is quite well done.
The camera was introduced in 1956 as " Isola " , with the appearance of the simpler Isola I in 1957 it was renamed the " Isola II".
It's better equipped than their cheaper sister , after all she has as an objective the Dreilinser " Agnar 6,3 / 75 mm " . To succeed in this camera produce stunningly sharp images. You can stop down to 11 and the distance is adjustable on the front lens. The " Singlo -2" cap allows times of 1/30 , 1 /100 sec and B. The lens is retractable, in this state , the camera measures 140x100x65 mm , weight is 320 g double exposure lock and flash shoe ( without a hot shoe , for flash socket ) also included.
This camera was produced from 1956 to 1963 and cost 39,50 DM
Hard to believe: This fine little device is so compact that you can include it in the folded state, almost with one hand! The first small-screen Ikonta (rollfilm Ikontas there was already longer) in 1948 was a "Ikonta 35" brought (522/24) of Zeiss Ikon as a new development on the market.
There were different versions: from the simple to the Dreilinser Novar and Clio-closure to the Tessar / Synchro-Compur version. The Tessar was replaced initially because of delivery problems by the Zeiss equivalent Schneider-Xenar.
A not so good Kontruktionsidee was the tripod thread on the top. Just imagine: When a tripod, the lens was covered up by the door! In the follow-up models were cut then the tripod socket in the hinged cover.
1953 was renamed Contina, the name was later used for a long time for miniature models of Zeiss Ikon.
In 1951, cost the pictured model 190, - DM