Rare German AGFA BILLY CLACK - Folding Bellows Camera w/ Leather Case - Working - Ca.1937

Rare German AGFA BILLY CLACK - Folding Bellows Camera w/ Leather Case - Working - Ca.1937 Year 1937. Camera Art-Decó. The main characteristic of this folding camera is the way of opening using two cross arms. Its lens is an Agfa Igenar (written "Jgenar") with an aperture of 11. Agfa, Billy-Clack Nr. 74, 120 roll film camera, c1934 The Agfa Billy Clack is an inexpensive fixed focus folding camera with Art Deco styling influences. Agfa had been around in one form or another since 1867 and the camera product range was aimed largely at the mass amateur market. As a result the cameras often mirror those of it's larger competitor, Kodak. The Agfa Billy-Clack, is the equivalent of the Kodak Jiffy, both in performance, appearance and, to a degree, construction. Even the scissor strut folding mechanism is similar. The Billy Clack is cleverly designed to be easily and rapidly assembled, as were a lot of the cheaper cameras, construction being mainly of thin pressed metal, the entire shutter mechanism just drops in the front and is held in by the front plate. There is a built in yellow filter (that fades with age) to increase the contrast between sky and clouds, three waterhouse stops (11, 16, 22) but focus is fixed. A neat blind sweeps across the shutter to help keep the camera light tight as the camera is closed. This camera is 100% functional.It has some scratches ( see pictures, please )

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