More from the Qingdao-6 flash camera

The Qindao - 6 is an Agfa Optima clone made in China

The automatic exposure system is not working very well, I had some blank frames and some underexposed shots.

Here are some more from the first film

 

Agfa Optima 1035 2nd try

I tried once more to see if the camera works correctly. Unfortunately it didn't. I got about 10 photos from a 36 exposure film, the rest was blank, the shutter did not open.
film was a long ago expired Agfa 100 XRG set to 25 ASA on camera.

At an airshow

 from a walk

 sunset

Photos from Agfa Optima

I had the first roll processed and found that half of the images were not recorded. I opened the camera to find out that while pressing the button everything seemed to work fine, but the shutter did not open most of the times. After a hundred clicks it seems to work now, I must check it later.

the scanned samples:

Agfa Optima 1035

The Agfa Optima is a nice designed camera from the seventies. It has a 38mm/2.8 lens and a big, bright viewfinder. It is fully automatic, therefore battery dependent. A green led in the viewfinder indicates that it is ok to take a picture, a red led indicates risk of handshaking but allows the shutter to open.