The Agfa Clack - Night shooting with this clackity cult classic

[@B3D5X]

Fun but frustrating little camera. I sold mine after I realized it's impossible to get a non-motion-blurred image shooting handheld because of the slow shutter speed. Before I sold it I got some cool images after flipping the meniscus lens backwards and using BW IR film (tripod, cable release, and holding the filter in front of the lens). Gives a blurry dreamy Holga effect.

[@xXAlmdudlerXx]

I managed a few sharp handheld pics. But indeed most were a little blurry.

[@Answersonapostcard]

Surprisingly sharp photos considering the lens and Kodak Gold being more of a daylight film. I have some 100 ISO B&W film loaded in my Clack which I'll be trying out at night. Its nice to work with such large 6x9 negatives.

[@erwindegroot8760]

They made about 1,5 million of them and you'll find them often very cheap (at least here in the Netherlands). I bought a few of them for about € 5,- pp. They're also great for converting to pinhole camera's.

[@chriss5675]

Really impressed by the sharpness of the lens. A surprisingly good camera and of course any blurriness was artistic.

[@irresponsiblepictures7451]

Very much sharp for a such single plastic optic. I'm sure having the film tight in the camera helps also. The lens is super easy to clean (held in by 2 screws). I kind of like the underpass one. Very artistic 😆 Thanks for watching!

[@nicholasdurant6866]

Great video! I just got myself a Agfa Clack as well and I'm looking forward to some night and low light long exposures. I was wondering what you use to judge your exposure time? Is there a light meter settings you look for to set for this type of camera? I have a light meter phone app but I'm struggling to understand how to pull how many seconds of exposure time out of the information provided.

[@irresponsiblepictures7451]

@@nicholasdurant6866 Hi! I use an app simply called light meter. The clack is on bulb. Aperture I set to f11 on the app with the respective iso. Shutter on app would display how many seconds to hold open for and as a (rough) rule I would just double the exposure time for reciprocity.

[@jondr.8933]

I have just picked up a clack and a click. The click is 6x6 and made of plastic.. Much the same but no B mode. Do you. Really need a tripod in good light? Is the shutter that slow?

[@irresponsiblepictures7451]

Shutter is 1/35th so yep very slow. Most box cameras have very slow shutters.