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Aug 12, 2023 · The Rapid system is a modification of the 1930's AGFA Karat film cartridges, which supplied otherwise-standard 35mm film in special metal cassettes, which have no central spindle and are shorter in height than standard 135 cassettes.
Rapid Film was a German film production company established by producer Wolf C. Hartwig. Based in Munich, it operated from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s producing low-budget but commercially successful genre films.
The Agfa Rapid Film System... What is it and how does it work? In this video I'll show and tell you everything I know about it and I'll also show you how it...
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Jan 11, 2021 · At the time I didn't know much about rapid cassettes but since the film inside looked exactly like normal 35mm film I gave it try. I think the results speak for themselves. It requires some...
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Agfa's Rapid film system, which used 35mm film, appeared in 1964 as a rival to Kodak's 126 film. The film was supplied in special metal cassettes. Whereas the Rapid system used a standard film pressure plate, 126 relied on the close tolerances of its cartridge to hold the film flat. Compared to standard 35mm film, the Rapid system was easier to load, since the film did not have to be threaded onto a take-up spool. The new full cassette is simply placed in one side of the film chamber with its leader protruding, and an empty cassette in the other side. Then the camera is closed and can be used after winding to the first exposure; the film feeds into the empty cassette. The film does not need to be rewound. At the end of the roll, the now-empty cassette is moved to the other side and used as the take-up cassette for the next roll.
The Rapid film system was not entirely new, but a modification of Agfa's Karat film cartridge system of the mid-1930s. The Rapid system had the added capability of setting the camera's autoexposure mechanism (if any) to the proper film speed automatically, as did the 126 cartridge.
•Agfa ISO-Rapid I
•Agfa Isoflash-Rapid I
•Agfa Optima-Rapid 100 C
•Agfa Optima-Rapid 125 C
•Agfa Optima-Rapid 150
•Agfa Optima Rapid 250
Jul 28, 2022 · The ISOFLASH-RAPID is one of Agfa 's series of squared-off, largely plastic, "ISO" cameras made for their easy-loading Rapid film system from the 1960s. It was designed to use individual single use flash bulbs rather than flash cubes as used with the ISOFLASH-RAPID C . Contents. 1 Overview. 2 Operation. 3 Hand loading film hack.
Jul 27, 2022 · The 1965 Isomat Rapid is one of Agfa 's series of squared-off, largely plastic, "Iso" cameras made for their easy-loading Rapid film system. Versions with white or black nameplates are known.
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