Agfa Clack
The Agfa Clack is a box camera produced by Agfa from 1954 to 1965. It was sold in North America as the Agfa Weekender.[1]
It is a simple camera which was aimed at the mass market. About 1.65 million were produced, more than all other Agfa box camera models combined.
It uses 120 film, creating large 6x9 negatives that were usually contact printed (transferred directly from the negative onto photographic paper without enlarging).[2]
It has only one shutter speed, and, depending on model, either a single f/11 f-stop or a choice of two.
Despite being an inexpensive mass-market camera, the Clack has retained a following among film and lomography photographers, who value the soft, vignetted images produced by its simple meniscus lens and its large 6×9 negatives.[3]
The Agfa Clack played a central role in the 2013 novel, Klack, by German author Klaus Modick.
Gallery
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Agfa Clack front
Agfa Clack back
Photograph taken by an Agfa Clack at the 9th World Scout Jamboree, 1957
References
[edit]- ↑ Denton, Matt. "Agfa Clack ('Weekender')". Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ Klomp, Alfred. "Alfred's Camera Page - Clack". Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ "If Cameras Could Talk: The Agfa Clack". ELITISM. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Hans-Dieter Götz: Box Cameras Made in Germany. Wie die Deutschen fotografieren lernten, 160 pages, vfv Verlag für Foto, Film und Video, Gilching, 2002, ISBN 3-88955-131-9
External links
[edit]- http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/clack/index.htm Information about Clack
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