FEBRUARY 2024 – An Agfa Super Silette-L viewfinder camera from 1958 with Synchro-Compur shutter and Agfa Color-Solinar 1:2,8/50 lens. Photo © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
As strange as it may sound, a couple of months ago I re-discovered analog photography with old cameras. It began by the desire to not just look at and edit photos from the past but to refresh the memories of the photographic experience.
Fortunately, analog cameras are quite cheap these days. Cameras that were back in the 1950s and 1960s positioned for the ambitioned amateur segment typically cost between 10 (used, uncertain condition) and 150 Euros (from experienced dealers, refurbished, with guarantee) on eBay.
As I was refreshing my memories I thought I had shot with an Agfa Silette-L camera. I was wrong. Then I looked at the Agfa Super Silette-L, and this one came much closer to the memories. I am still uncertain whether I shot reguarly with this camera in the 1970s. It could be, but I really don’t know.
And so I purchased a working camera, inserted a fresh film and started shooting. It will take some time until I have made my 36 exposures though. Then I will also write up the experience in an article.
But I also shot this image which I dedicate to all the fans of old cameras. May it refresh your memories, too.
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The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 03-FEB-2024, 14:22 |
| Location | Unterhaching, Germany |
| Camera | Canon EOS-1D Mark IV |
| Lens | Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM |
| ISO | 100 |
| Exposure | 1/10 sec at f/16 |
| Digital Image Source Format | Canon Camera RAW (CR2) |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 3655 x 2437 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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