Agfa Isolette III
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The Isolette III was Agfa's top-of-the line folding 6x6 with uncoupled rangefinder from the 1950s-1960s.
It came fitted with Agfa's middle range Apotar (a well performing Cooke triplet-type) lens or the top of the line Solinar (Tessar clone) lens and one of several possible shutters (examples below). Two models exist, one can determine the model mainly by looking at the top cover. The newer type (1956-) has a film reminder on the left side whereas the older model had a depth of field scale there.
Examples:
One from 1954 (Mark I):
- Objective: Agfa Apotar 1:4.5/85
- Shutter: Pronto
Late model production run (Mark II):
- Objective: Agfa Solinar 1:3.5/75
- Shutter: Prontor-SVS
As with all Isolettes of the era one common issue is that the green lubricant (used in this case for the focusing helicoids and the rangefinder) has dried up, making focussing difficult and the rangefinder stuck or slow moving.
