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The Agfa Isola was a line of medium format viewfinder cameras made by Agfa in Germany. [1]There were three models, original Isola, Isola I and Isola II. All models use 120 roll film for 6x6cm frames.
The lens is collapsible; once extended, it was turned to lock back in storage position. The shutter release is
interlocked with the lens extension and you can only engage the shutter when the lens is extended.
Winding on the film is also required as the Isola feature a double exposure guard. when the indicator above shutter-
button is red you cannot take an exposure and it means you have to wind on to the next frame. It’s a handy feature
but you can’t disengage it so voluntary double exposures are not possible.
The lens Agfa Agnar, (on the Isola II), is a simple triplet design capable of taking good and fairly sharp photographs.
It’s somewhat prone to lens flare as it’s not coated in any way, a lens hood is certainly not a luxury with this camera.
For aperture you can choose between f6.8 and f11.
Focus is obtained by means of turning the front element with help of a distance scale (usually in meters, although
scales in both feet and metres exist for export models), to use it effectively you either need a good eye or a decent
additional rangefinder. Sometimes this method of focus is also nicknamed “The Guess-O-Matic”.
The Isola is a fairly decent camera, it’s certainly more advanced than its predecessors like the Agfa Click-I, Agfa
Click-II and Agfa Clack and it has a better lens assembly than those cameras.
There are two other cameras with the name Isola which unrelated with the original Isola series: Agfa Isola 22 and
Isola 44.
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