Agfa optima 1028 vs 1035 - differences?

[MummRa]

Hi guys,
I just spotted a good deal for an optima 1028 on my local market but cannot find a single bit of information of it on internet.

I know the 1035 and the other models, but the 1028 does not appear anywhere.



Does anyone knows the differences on this model?



thanks a mill in advance!







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[Overrank]

Hi guys,
I just spotted a good deal for an optima 1028 on my local market but cannot find a single bit of information of it on internet.

I know the 1035 and the other models, but the 1028 does not appear anywhere.

Does anyone knows the differences on this model?

thanks a mill in advance!

If it’s a good deal (quick search found one for €40) then it’s well worth it. I had a 1035, lovely camera. Like a Olympus Trip 35 with a more sophisticated meter and a bright bright viewfinder.

 

[Heritage Cameras]

Hi guys,
I just spotted a good deal for an optima 1028 on my local market but cannot find a single bit of information of it on internet.

I know the 1035 and the other models, but the 1028 does not appear anywhere.

Does anyone knows the differences on this model?

thanks a mill in advance!

I'd never heard of this model until today either, but there are a few hits online if you use the Google image search. I can't find a specification but the only visual differences seem to be that it lacks the self timer from the 1035, and the lens is a Solitar rather than the Solitar S.

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[Overrank]

Hi guys,
I just spotted a good deal for an optima 1028 on my local market but cannot find a single bit of information of it on internet.

I know the 1035 and the other models, but the 1028 does not appear anywhere.

Does anyone knows the differences on this model?

thanks a mill in advance!

If it’s a good deal (quick search found one for €40) then it’s well worth it. I had a 1035, lovely camera. Like a Olympus Trip 35 with a more sophisticated meter and a bright bright viewfinder.

It’s caused trouble before ! - https://translate.google.com/transl...l/index.php?topic=15657.0&prev=search&pto=aue

Intrigued !

 

[Heritage Cameras]

It’s caused trouble before ! - https://translate.google.com/transl...l/index.php?topic=15657.0&prev=search&pto=aue

Intrigued !

Agfa did make some cameras specially for chains of photographic shops (usually name and slight specification variations on existing models), so perhaps this was one of these?

 

[Bob Janes]

Hi guys,
I just spotted a good deal for an optima 1028 on my local market but cannot find a single bit of information of it on internet.

I know the 1035 and the other models, but the 1028 does not appear anywhere.

Does anyone knows the differences on this model?

thanks a mill in advance!

Doesn't seem to be anything about a 1028 on my normal webpages. Lens looks the same as the 1035, other than that, what is the max shutter speed? My sources say the 1035 has 15 secs to 1/1000... I guess they might have made a cut down version with speeds to 1/500 - or it may just have been a prototype playing with a different numbering? 1028, would reference the f2.8 lens, but they might have settled on 1035 in the end because it was a 35mm camera.

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[Overrank]

Hi guys,
I just spotted a good deal for an optima 1028 on my local market but cannot find a single bit of information of it on internet.

I know the 1035 and the other models, but the 1028 does not appear anywhere.

Does anyone knows the differences on this model?

thanks a mill in advance!

Doesn't seem to be anything about a 1028 on my normal webpages. Lens looks the same as the 1035, other than that, what is the max shutter speed? My sources say the 1035 has 15 secs to 1/1000... I guess they might have made a cut down version with speeds to 1/500 - or it may just have been a prototype playing with a different numbering? 1028, would reference the f2.8 lens, but they might have settled on 1035 in the end because it was a 35mm camera.

This ad https://translate.google.com/transl...nsor-1028-mit-optima-lux/&prev=search&pto=aue says it’s maximum shutter speed is 1/1000s. I had wondered if the 28 was a reference to 126 (the image of which is 28x28mm) but if you look at the back you can see it’s a 35mm camera.

 

[MummRa]

Thanks guys for all the help.

for now the only difference that i can find its the selftimer lever under the VF. And the red "led" that cannot find what is for. (I will suppose its for the self timer)

I checked at least the first 20 pages on google and not a single hint about this model.













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[Overrank]

The LED might be a countdown LED for the self timer?

(I don’t use self timers on old cameras, they’re a good way of turning a working camera into a non working one)

 

[Bob Janes]

Hi guys,
I just spotted a good deal for an optima 1028 on my local market but cannot find a single bit of information of it on internet.

I know the 1035 and the other models, but the 1028 does not appear anywhere.

Does anyone knows the differences on this model?

thanks a mill in advance!

Doesn't seem to be anything about a 1028 on my normal webpages. Lens looks the same as the 1035, other than that, what is the max shutter speed? My sources say the 1035 has 15 secs to 1/1000... I guess they might have made a cut down version with speeds to 1/500 - or it may just have been a prototype playing with a different numbering? 1028, would reference the f2.8 lens, but they might have settled on 1035 in the end because it was a 35mm camera.

This ad https://translate.google.com/transl...nsor-1028-mit-optima-lux/&prev=search&pto=aue says it’s maximum shutter speed is 1/1000s. I had wondered if the 28 was a reference to 126 (the image of which is 28x28mm) but if you look at the back you can see it’s a 35mm camera.

That link is to a camera that is described as 'defective'. The view inside the back certainly looks weird - there is either something missing inside on the right, or the film transports from right to left.

Agfa did have their own rival to a 135 cassette at one point, but I would have thought this was way too late for that.

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[Heritage Cameras]

This ad https://translate.google.com/transl...nsor-1028-mit-optima-lux/&prev=search&pto=aue says it’s maximum shutter speed is 1/1000s. I had wondered if the 28 was a reference to 126 (the image of which is 28x28mm) but if you look at the back you can see it’s a 35mm camera.

That link is to a camera that is described as 'defective'. The view inside the back certainly looks weird - there is either something missing inside on the right, or the film transports from right to left.

The film does indeed travel from right to left on these cameras. The standard 35mm cassette goes in to the compartment on the right, with the leader inserted under the flap with arrows on the left.

Agfa did have their own rival to a 135 cassette at one point, but I would have thought this was way too late for that.

Yes, too late. Agfa did have two systems (Karat and Rapid) using cassette-to-cassette film transport, but this camera doesn't use those.

 

[MummRa]

I think i will take the plunge and go for it. Will try to document the camera as soon i get it and try to create a "user manual" or something similar for futures references.

Maybe we are looking to a very rare model of the optima, we will never know

 

[Bob Janes]

This ad https://translate.google.com/transl...nsor-1028-mit-optima-lux/&prev=search&pto=aue says it’s maximum shutter speed is 1/1000s. I had wondered if the 28 was a reference to 126 (the image of which is 28x28mm) but if you look at the back you can see it’s a 35mm camera.

That link is to a camera that is described as 'defective'. The view inside the back certainly looks weird - there is either something missing inside on the right, or the film transports from right to left.

The film does indeed travel from right to left on these cameras. The standard 35mm cassette goes in to the compartment on the right, with the leader inserted under the flap with arrows on the left.

Wow - I can see how that would work. I guess the rewind crank is under the camera on the right side?

I guess it is to allow for the big viewfinder to occupy the top left of the camera without the need for a rewind.

Thanks for the insight.

Agfa did have their own rival to a 135 cassette at one point, but I would have thought this was way too late for that.

Yes, too late. Agfa did have two systems (Karat and Rapid) using cassette-to-cassette film transport, but this camera doesn't use those.

 

[MummRa]

Wow - I can see how that would work. I guess the rewind crank is under the camera on the right side?

I guess it is to allow for the big viewfinder to occupy the top left of the camera without the need for a rewind.

Thanks for the insight.

The film lever is the rewind crank, you switch a button and the film rolls to the other side. If you want to go artistic you can shoot double exposure in every single frame of the roll.

The optima cameras are a master piece of engineering

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[elmo]

The LED might be a countdown LED for the self timer?

(I don’t use self timers on old cameras, they’re a good way of turning a working camera into a non working one)

That's true -- a very good reason not to use the self-timer on a mechanically timed camera. But, I'm gonna venture a guess, that any camera with a LED indicator for the self timer, would be electronically timed, thus, no reason not to use the self timer.

 

[Overrank]

This ad https://translate.google.com/transl...nsor-1028-mit-optima-lux/&prev=search&pto=aue says it’s maximum shutter speed is 1/1000s. I had wondered if the 28 was a reference to 126 (the image of which is 28x28mm) but if you look at the back you can see it’s a 35mm camera.

That link is to a camera that is described as 'defective'. The view inside the back certainly looks weird - there is either something missing inside on the right, or the film transports from right to left.

The film does indeed travel from right to left on these cameras. The standard 35mm cassette goes in to the compartment on the right, with the leader inserted under the flap with arrows on the left.

Wow - I can see how that would work. I guess the rewind crank is under the camera on the right side?

I guess it is to allow for the big viewfinder to occupy the top left of the camera without the need for a rewind.

Thanks for the insight.

The little flap over the film “receptacle” also serves to stop you from fogging the film if you open up the back Not as good as the Nikon F75 that winds all the film out first and then rewinds it back into the canister as you take each shot, but pretty clever .

Agfa did have their own rival to a 135 cassette at one point, but I would have thought this was way too late for that.

Yes, too late. Agfa did have two systems (Karat and Rapid) using cassette-to-cassette film transport, but this camera doesn't use those.

I’d never thought of it before but the Optima looks like it learned something from the Rapid system, it’s constructed a bit like a Rapid but with a fixed take up spool

 

[Overrank]

Wow - I can see how that would work. I guess the rewind crank is under the camera on the right side?

I guess it is to allow for the big viewfinder to occupy the top left of the camera without the need for a rewind.

Thanks for the insight.

The film lever is the rewind crank, you switch a button and the film rolls to the other side. If you want to go artistic you can shoot double exposure in every single frame of the roll.

The optima cameras are a master piece of engineering

The Kodak Retina S1 and S2 also had this, but I found it not as good on the Retina as the 1035

 

[MummRa]

the camera is in my possession and loaded with film

will upload some pictures as soon I finish the roll.

 

[JohnnyLuddite]

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The optima cameras are a master piece of engineering

Indeed, and one of my favorite cameras ever - I had the Optima sensor Flash which was fantastic for street and travel photography, took it everywhere. The pop-up flash was surprisingly useful including for fill flash.

The only reason I don't have it and use it today is that the lens fogged up - not sure if it was balsam separation or what.

Look forward to hearing your feedback when you get your camera.

 

[MummRa]

some pics of the first roll

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straight out the scanner, no edit




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