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In 1867, chemists Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Carl Alexander von Martius founded the Gesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation mbH in Rummelsburg near Berlin. The company produced aniline colours. In 1887, chemical scientist Momme Andresen led the company into the field of photochemistry. Its first success was the 1888 developer Rodinal. It later had trouble getting into film production because Kodak was years ahead of its time. AGFA (short for Aktien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation) was a major manufacturer of cameras, accessories, films and photographic chemicals, founded in Berlin, Germany in 1867. The Billy I is a folding viewfinder camera for 2¼x3¼ inch photographs on 120 film, manufactured by Agfa in the 1950s (first version in 1950, another in 1952). Not to be confused with the interwar Agfa Billy Jgetar 8.8, which was also called Agfa Billy I from 1931 onwards. Most of the examples I’ve seen, such as the one we offer for sale, have the Agfa Agnar 105mm f/6.3 lens, with a front-element focusing scale up to one metre and a Vario shutter with 1/25, 1/50 and 1/200 second speeds, plus “B”, or a Pronto, which also has a 1/100 second speed and self-timer.
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