One of a range of Agfa Optima Sensor viewfinder cameras from the late 70's. They all looked almost identical, were made in Germany and were heavily inspired by the german industrial design movement and concepts that came from the Bauhaus school of design and later, the work of Dieter Rams. The designers came up with innovative solutions to make these cameras what they are. The film advance lever features a clutch design which reverses the gears to allow the user to rewind the film with the exact same action used to advance the film - this allowed for the removal of a film rewind knob. The whole film transport mechanism was so well designed that it's possible to get up to 39 frames onto a 36 exposure roll of film. They moved the tripod mount to the side of the camera which allowed it to double up as a strap mount which got rid of the need for ugly strap lugs at the top of the camera. The idea of "less but better" was perfectly executed resulting in a camera that takes it right back to basics which makes it a very enjoyable camera to shoot with.


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