November 2024 – Close-up of the Agfa Color-Solinar 1:2,8/50 lens of an Agfa Super Silette-L viewfinder camera from 1958. Photo © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Yesterday I shared an image of my Agfa Super Silette-L – a camera that was launched in 1958 and still works today.
I also tried some unusual perspectives like this one, a close-up of the built-in lens, an Agfa Color-Solinar 1:2,8/50 mm with Synchro-Compur shutter. I think this gets the experience of analog photography well across to the viewer: the robust metal dials with engraved f-stops and exposure times; the common combination of 1/125 sec at f/8; the indicators for the depth of field for different f-stops.
Expect Gear Talk #10 on the Agfa Super Silette L this weekend.
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 25-NOV-2024, 10:20 |
| Location | Unterhaching, Germany |
| Camera | Canon EOS M6 Mark II |
| Lens | Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, with Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS M |
| ISO | 100 |
| Exposure | 1/160 sec at f/2.8 |
| Digital Image Source Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 6774 x 4515 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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