1956 AGILUX AGIMATIC 35MM RANGEFINDER CAMERA

Made by Agilux Ltd, a subsiduary of A.G.I. (Aeronautical and General Instruments Ltd) of Croydon, UK this camera bears some similarity to the Voigtlander Vito B in appearance. It does however have rather more features than the Vito B. Main features are:

1. Built in uncoupled rangefinder
2. Built in Extinction type light meter
3. Lens can be interchanged to an 85mm f5.5 short telephoto. There is a finder mask built into the camera to accommodate this.
4. Combined film advance and shutter cocking/ release in the form of an arm on the side of the lens.
5. Frame counter on top of the lens, Vito B style, that appears the right way up when the camera is tilted toward you check remaining exposures.
6. 4 element 45mm f2.8 anastigmat agilux lens
7.  Agimatic shutter, 350th sec to 1sec + B

Cosmetic Condition

• A very clean camera in collector condition. See pics for a better evaluation of appearance.
• Just a few tiny areas of  minor chrome abrasion aroungd the tripod bush.
• The interior is nice and clean with lovely bright blued steel shutter blades

Mechanical Condition

• The camera is in perfect working order throughout.
• The extinction meter (amazingly) is still in working order but it does vary by one stop from my Sekonic L208 hand held meter.
• The viewfinder is clear and the rangefinder spot is very well defined.
•  The rangefinder itself is correctly calibrated and accurate.
• Shutter speeds are all working and sound reasonably correct as you progress through the range.

Summary

As fine an example of an Agimatic as you are likely to find. It comes with its original case and I can email a copy of the user manual in .pdf format if required.