Medium Format on a Budget (Featuring Agfa Isolette iii and Kodak Ektar).

[@tgchism]

Nice video and shots! I've been looking at the Isolette III, they're not so cheap anymore here in the U.S. People are really pushing the price up on them. I can see why now!

[@chriscard6544]

lovely village

[@ellenkhay]

The color grading is insane! 😍

[@timeandtides8701]

Thanks so much, appreciate it, really 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️

[@rraja5906]

Flowing video beginning with church bells. Fine photographs - The Agfa isolette photos have a soothing feel - simplicity of means - a voice or character. Thank You very much & yes, the music ......

[@timeandtides8701]

Wow this is such a lovely, thoughtful comment. Thanks so much, I really appreciate it 🙏🏼❤️

[@jeric3857]

the way you color grade your videos is insanely good

[@timeandtides8701]

Thanks a lot man, so glad you like it 🙏🏼❤️🏳️‍🌈

[@jean-marcbesse220]

Nice video!!! And you photographed without light meter ?

[@hashicbawa9930]

great video mate loved the quality and the informative casual talking along with great audio made me subscribe ;)))))))

[@espenbjrkvold5119]

Lovely video and images. Film photography is far cheaper than digital, considering the cost of camera in relation to the amount of thought through and good images you get from it. Thanks for sharing

[@timeandtides8701]

Ah thanks so much. Yes, I agree, if you're careful about how you do it, the quality to cost ratio can be really good compared to digital.

[@ChrisBoland]

This is fantastic Sam - I've just found your channel. This is such a great video, I love the relaxing pace. Also, I love that the Spanish flag captured on Ektar felt familiar to me :-)

[@timeandtides8701]

Ah thanks so much, Chris. That's great to hear from you. You also have some great work on Ektar that I love! ❤️

[@benjaminarias5180]

Super vidéo 👌

[@timeandtides8701]

Thanks so much 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@aliciajanohermarti6078]

Hi! Loved the video. I am thinking about buying one too. I now found the Agfa Isolette i for 50 dollars in good condition. I was wondering is there a huge difference between the i and iii when shooting color like you did for example. What would you recommend? Love to hear from you!

[@dustiny.334]

I'm pretty sure the isolette I doesn't have a rangefinder. And beware they come with different lenses too. Solinar is best but very expensive, Apotar is cheaper and still very good. I'd stay away from the Agnar Models which only have a cheap Anastigmat lens :)

[@randallstewart175]

@@dustiny.334 All three lenses, with varying quality of shutters to match, were available in the Isolette III. The Best is the Solinar with Synchro-Compur shutter, but fairly rare and expensive. This is the Apotar with Prontor shutter, most common and usually inexpensive. The lens is a triplet which will do well around f 8.0-11.0. The last is the Angar, also a triplet of lesser quality; probably should avoid that one. The same cameras were sold in the US as "Ansco" by Agfa's subsidiary company of same name. These Isolette models used a cheap, plastic bellows which is likely to have light leaks. Oddly, when sold as Ansco", they used a very nice leather bellows which is probably fine.The rangefinder was omitted from the II model (The only difference between them,) The Super Isolette looks similar, but is a much more complex, and hugely expensive, camera.

[@vangstr]

Ektar color palette is perfect for these old folders since the lens coatings were still infant compared to modern coatings.

[@jeremykeller211]

KZbin is alive with analysis (actually advertisements) for enormously expensive APO lenses produced by a famous German company. I have one of these lenses, bought before their price threshold breached reality. The good news: with my old Zeiss folder, value ca. $200, I can make photos that are just as good. Much of this stems from the fact that the 6x6 negative does not have to fold information into a tiny negative. Its technology is more relaxed.

[@nakedlakedip57]

I have a mint one series 3 same as yours picked it up at a flee market for $5

[@parthssshah]

Nice video! The music on this is so nice! Where did you get it from?

[@mariendal1962]

Strange... I also have an Agfra Isolette III , but it goes from 1 whole second to 1/500 second, what I find very usefull.

[@lindemann316]

Different shutters and lens were available for those. :)

[@randallstewart1224]

The Isolette III was sold with a choice of three lenses, each matched to a different shutter. The best was a Solinar lens with Sychro Compur shutter (early versions with Rapid Compur). This is a superb Tessar copy, 4 element. The next in line was a 3-elmeent triplet, an Apotar with a much lower range and quality shutter - what he has here. The entry level was a lesser triplet (name escapes me). I think the Apotar is the most common version found. Optically, it is at least a good as the Nettar which Zeiss used as its budget option on may of its 120 roll film folder like the Isolette. Agfa acquired the US company Ansco before WWII to use as a marketing outlet. The Isolettes were sold in the US under the Ansco brand with different names.