Silette - L

Silette - L


Serial Number: Cam0116

Type:
35mm fixed-lens viewfinder cameras.

Manufacturer:
Agfa

Country of Origin:
Germany

Production Period:
1955

Approximate Price:
US Dollars 33.00

Reference:
camerapedia.wikia.com

Status: Display

Description:
Silette is a name used by the German
maker Agfa from 1953 to 1974 to designate successive generations of 35mm fixed-lens viewfinder cameras. The corresponding rangefinder models were
called Super Silette. There was also an interchangeable lens rangefinder model called the Ambi Silette,
which is discussed elsewhere. The first models were
sold in the USA under the name Ansco Memar and
Super Memar, and some of later ones were sold
under the name Agfa Solina.
Silette L is a 35mm film viewfinder camera made by
Agfa and introduced in 1956. It belongs to the long
lasting Silette series.
It based on the same body as the Agfa Silette (original) but with some improvements as an uncoupled
Selenium cell light meter in the top plate. There were
three successive types of meter, with a bigger or
smaller setting knob, and a larger or smaller cover
flap. There were many lens shutter combinations like
Agfa Color-Apotar, Color-Agnar, Color-Solinar lenses
and Pronto, Prontor, Prontor-SVS, Compur-Rapid,
and Parator shutters. Certain metal parts before are
from now on out of plastic.