Agfa Isolette III f4.5 Apotar - NEW BLUE Leatherette & Light Grey Bellows

Description: Agfa Isolette III 6x6 folder, f4.5 / 85mm Apotar. Excellent++++++ condition ............... Seller REFURBISHED - SERVICED - CLA'd 02 November, 2024 !! Agfa Isolette III f4.5 Apotar - NEW BLUE Leatherette & Light Grey Bellows Click images to enlarge Description Please pardon this redundant introduction to my auctions, but the eBay experience dictates that I include it......... Folks, thanks to eBay, there is almost no such thing as rare anymore... except for the more esoteric stuff that was rare even when new 50 years ago! 99.9% of cameras you see on eBay are NOT rare ! WHAT IS RARE ...is a 50 to 80 year old camera that is functioning properly, not just as a decoration, or worse... a fleamarket orphan… but as a useable photographic tool !! Please read the Description carefully and completely to fully understand what you are buying!! Please note, I often use the same or similar descriptions for like camera models, changing only those points particular to the specific item in the auction. , there is little need to reinvent ( or retype ) the wheel for each new listing !! Thanks for understanding. __________________________ 2024 Addendum........ For those who have followed my auctions for renovated folders the past 25+ years..., I no longer offer a continuous stream of folders on eBay as I am now concentrating on repairing folders sent to me rather than buying and then reselling those same now renovated folders on eBay. However, I still have a couple of Isolettes on the shelf and will very occasionally still list one of these refurbished / serviced folders on eBay. So basically, I now primarily service mostly Agfa, Voigtlander, Zeiss, Certo Six, or a very few other classic folders that others have bought on eBay's market place and sent to me for service instead.... and that I still have parts for. ____________________ This ISOLETTE on offer is a model Isolette III in very excellent+++ condition. Lens is is the Agfa f4.5 / 85mm Apotar set in an excellent and serviced Prontor SV shutter !! The Apotaar was Agfa's primary lens for 75% of all its cameras... no matter the format, an excellent performer !! To make this classic Agfa Isolette III even more appealing, it has been recovered in new, and MOST handsome, BLUE Leatherette. The photos speak for themselves on this one !! Obviously everything works ...or else why would I list it! The exciting thing is, unlike 99% of Isolettes offered on eBay, this Isolette carries a NEW replacement Light Grey bellows, because... after all unlike 99.99% of all Isolettes you will find on eBay - with their original shiny ( always look new don't they! ) pin-holed & cracked 70 year old vinyl plastic bellows, it is no surprise that ALLLLLL Agfa Isolettes offered on eBay with original bellows have more pinholes than stars in the constellation "Libra"... this simple fact I KNOW as I've bought and renovated over 2000 eBay Agfa Isolettes & Records with NEW bellows during the last 25 years !!! Condition of the camera is much better than excellent +. nothing used and 65+ years old is ever mint ( like me ), but it is now NICE...! The camera does show a few " wear ? aging " spots, but still NICE !!!!! Agfa f4,5 / 85mm Apotar lens is clean and clear....serviced! I should note for the uninitiated, an Isolette III does have a rangefinder. The rangefinder however is an " uncoupled " rangefinder, meaning that you set the focus through the viewfinder on the rangefinder.... and THEN set that focus on the front lens ring with its attendant focus markings. Simpler done than said ! The SERVICED Prontor SV shutter speeds are crisp and accurate... 1sec to 1/300 plus B ! Heck, the point is, you are buying a serviced - CLA'd camera that is warranted to perform as it should... NO stuck/frozen focus rings! NO shutters with haphazard speeds! And especially NO Leaky BELLOWS, which are the norm for Agfa Isolettes on eBay ( or anywhere else ) !! For the Reserve price on this piece... basically ask yourself: a) what is the cost on eBay of an Isolette III in excellent "looking" condition that the seller says is "excellent" with a light tight bellows ( which 99.99% aren't ! ) ... should you even find one !!! b) has a serviced fully functional shutter c) now add the price of the obligatory CLA to remedy the littany of age induced maladies most 50+ cameras have, especially Agfas d) now add the price of a replacement bellows that 99.9999% of Isolettes with original "plastic" bellows must have ( $90. !! )... e) add the eBay and PayPal fees that every auction listing generates for the seller = add those all up and you will be significantly above the reserve price on this listing !!!! The following is for bidders new to my auctions and is my general discourse on folders and what you can expect from my folders. If you've read this before... just skip it.... As many of you already know, I offer rehabilitated folders... like this one. Every folder I list on eBay is not just a flea market find, or an eBay "let's pass it on to the next sucker" item. Every folder had been cleaned , lubricated, and adjusted... and as often as not, had broken parts fixed or replaced. You've probably had the same experience as I... the good looking folder on eBay arrives at least partially unusable. Either the focusing is frozen, the slow speeds are "slow" ( which means all the rest are ALSO!! ), rangefinders don't line up, are out of adjustment, or just not viewable. In short, not a camera that's usable. Now on rare occasions you get lucky and the camera is pretty nice... but even here, at the very least, that fifty year old shutter does need a thorough cleaning. I see my function as one who offers these venerable and well engineered old folders to a new ( and some times the same ) generation of photographers who enjoy the simple pleasures of photography that these old machines bring out in us. Yes, they are slower than a digital P/S, but they give a whopping huge digital file ( scanned ) and with today's films, even what were THEN, medium rung lenses give astoundingly excellent results. Often times people are disappointed with the results from their folder. However, that is almost universally the result of one or two ( or both ) factors: i.e., slow sticky shutters, focusing adjustment needed OR, USUALLY... a bad bellows. Bellows are OFTEN advertised on eBay as being good and light-tight. Well, not to disparage anyone, but 50% of the folders ... and 100% of Isolettes ... I have bought off eBay ( about 1000 of them now ) NEED NEW BELLOWS !!! Needless to say, if your bellows has even the slightest pin hole, it will make your pictures look like it has a bad lens!!! And for heavens sakes, PLEASE do not use that stupid "fabric Paint" or some other internet concoction that some Joe discovered to fix ( actually = DESTRROY ) his grandma's Kodak Tourist ( whose bellows by the way almost always have more pinholes than the entire number of stars in the Milky Way !!! ). Want to ruin a bellows quickly, put some of that goo on / in your bellows !!!!! Only a legitimate overhaul, will make that "Old" camera take wonderful pictures again. Thanks for looking and Have a Great Autumn 2024 !! Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

Price: 215 USD

Location: Center Valley, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-12-03T21:32:59.000Z

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