I love that you’re thinking outside the box, and trying cool interesting cameras.... keep it up ! Also your settings, models and props are delightful!! Classics
Your channel is really teaching me about cameras used in the past to take general family snap shots I've seen in old photo albums. You cam tell there nor 35mm film. Alot of old photos are perfectly square with a nice white border and some even imprint the date taken on the border. I find these old cameras fascinating. I too have a 5D mark III and I like shooting with my Dads old MD mount Minolta lenses with an adapter. I also have an adapter for Canon FD mount to EF as well. My Grandfather had an AE-1. But I find myself shooting mostly with my Canon R7 due to how small and compact it is yet how powerful it is as well.
Wonderful, most enjoyable. I think if you can hit that sometimes elusive sweet spot with inexpensive vintage cameras it's amazing just how good they can be.
You've done it again, a great fun video despite the frustrations. What a great set of results however, certainly worth the time and effort. A word of warning, don't go to the Goodwood Revival, you'll need a wheelbarrow to take all the cameras and film required. Keep on producing the most interesting and varied photography channel on the tube.
It's a great little camera. I just had issues getting a shot that wasn't blurry given the slow shutter speed. Try flipping the lens for a dreamy Holga-like image!
@@olitography I remember there being a single screw inside the camera behind the lens you have to remove. Then there are some metal tabs folded down that hold the meniscus lens in place. Lift them all up with a razor blade carefully, then take the lens out and flip it, push down the tabs, and put everything back together again.
A very nice review. Well done. It's a nice camera. Works very well. To understand the cameras and their oppertunities, you have to move in the time of those days. For example, low speeds films and schutters etc, I think. I shooting a lot of old camera, which I very like to do. Even more than digital.
Hi Oli, I always love the way you reserch the history of all of these old cameras you are using and share it in a informative and interesting way. You were always going to be up against it trying to recreate such iconic images with this old Agfa camera . However for all your frustrations you did get some really nice images from the shoot. As to which are from the Agfa or the digital camera it is not easy to tell on a video even though we always watch on TV for best quality. The images are only up for a short time and when you try to pause it is not ideal . So I guess when you are editing them on your computer it is far more obvious for you, or is it ? Thanks for sharing and take care the pair of you :D Teddy PS I do not have a facebook account otherwise I would join your group.
@@olitography Thank's I had never looked on there before I didn't realise it existed heheheh ...... I just took a look what a great idea to post them there ; )
The images look quite good, considering you took a pic shot by a Hasselblad as a reference. I'm loving your videos on modern photographer + wwi/100 y.o/1950s cameras
Thanks, I’m Just finishing up a video on 1957 brownie model c, I did a few shots on the 501 Hasselblad, because the 500 series was launched in 57, nice to compare the the best and worst camera of the time 😂
Hello I recently found your channel and it is very interesting. I really like vintage cameras and learning about the history and heritage of photography. I have collected some nice box cameras, and also some other film cameras, but haven't been able to use them yet, due to ongoing health issues. You mentioned in this video that 1/30th is a problematic slow shutter speed, and most box cameras have similar shutter speeds that I think they made too slow also. I read a tip once about how you could speed up the shutter on vintage box cameras, which sounds interesting and I was wondering if you'd tried it and what you thought of it. It might work on this Clack camera too. They said if you cover up part of the arm that swings up which has the aperture hole in it, by carefully placing pieces of tape around it so that the size of the aperture hole is reduced, then when that hole swings past the meniscus lens where the light comes in, the length of time light is coming in is shortened, therefore making the "shutter speed" a bit faster by trading off making the aperture smaller. Your handheld photos can then be sharper because the shutter speed isn't quite at that overly-slow range where camera shake is an issue. I've only read this idea in one place and haven't heard of anyone using it. It seems counterintuitive at first, that since the shutter speed is fixed, you can speed up the effective shutter speed by actually changing the aperture size, and I'm still not sure about it, but I'm not sure why it couldn't work. What are your thoughts, and would you consider trying it on your vintage cameras that have a similar mechanism?
I guess that could work, but mostly it would just stop the camera down. To decrease the shutter you would need to make the shutter blade larger, at that point perhaps it’s better to except the camera for what it is, you can still use a tripod.
I have a bunch of cameras I use for decoration (vest/pocket Kodak, autographic, halina TLR, and some brownies) I would love to try and use them again, but sticky shutters and holed bellows is a problem for most of them. Is there somewhere you get your film from? Would love to try the brownies out!
@@olitography Then we are Two now😉 However, I have both cameras and I would say with it's slimmer design and it's rounded shape, the "Click" is a fitting name! The Clack is just a box! Greetings from Hamburg Germany;-))
That one has to really take time to discern the difference in images captured with a 65 year-old $100 Agfa Clack (today's money accounting for inflation) and a roughly $2000 Canon 3D Mark III should make all of us stop and ponder the many implications. In light of that, yes, you were too critical of the Clack, unreasonable in your annoyance of the "limitations" even though the camera delivered photographs of good quality. BTW, sharpness could have been vastly inproved by simply using a tripod. By golly, the Clack, indeed, has a tripod mount and a cable release socket, too! Has digital made us a bit . . . lazy? I believe photography is more about the skill, knowledge, vision, and dedication of the photographer than any piece of equipment. Cheers.
