Agfa Universal 5x7

[mike rosenlof]

Could someone who ownes on of these be so kind to measure the folded size of the package and post or PM to me?

Thanks much!
--mike

I guess while I'm here, I should ask, "how do you like it?"

[Tin Can]

Could someone who ownes on of these be so kind to measure the folded size of the package and post or PM to me?

Thanks much!
--mike

I guess while I'm here, I should ask, "how do you like it?"

You mean this camera? I didn't know it's name.

I have a 5x7 Grey painted one that is newer with plastic knobs. Mine is 7.5" deep, 8.5" wide and 11.5" tall folded with the built in rear extension. A lens will stick out farther.

I like it and I have 4 different slider backs for it.

[William Whitaker]

Folded, my Agfa 5x7 measures 7 inches front-to-back, 11 1/2 inches tall and 9 5/8 inches wide. The last measurement includes the focusing knobs for the rear standard.

Agfas are great cameras. I have this one and one very similar in 8x10 plus an 8x10 studio camera on a stand. There were a number of variations over the course of production. Later versions had Bakelite knobs. I prefer the earlier metal knobs. Some cameras have more movements that others and, in the 8x10, there were two lens board sizes: 6 inches and 7 1/2 inches. But you were asking about 5x7...
And I like it just fine.

[mike rosenlof]

Thanks gentlemen! All useful info.

[mdarnton]

I've got a 5x7 and an 8x10 and they're both fantastic and very clever cameras. The tripod that was made for them works just right, too, and worth finding. My 5x7 is the deluxe model, grey with plated brass knobs.

[Tin Can]

Will is correct, I didn't include the knobs or the lens board tilter.

Michael's has magic dust inside, which makes his pictures better...

[John Kasaian]

If cameras were fruit, the Agfa-Ansco Universal 5x7 would be a peach!

[Jim Andrada]

+1 - great camera. I just wish they had found a different way to lock the rear standard - the way it stocke out adds an inch to the collapsed length.

[Louis Pacilla]

I'm very happy that I have the 5x7 Universal in "Standard" Adams Brown version. Great camera!

And I agree that the matching Agfa/Ansco Universal Stand w/ double tilt head is the cat's pj's.

[Patrick13]

I have an agfa-ansco 5x7 but only with a 4x5 back, and brass knobs so pre-gray era, not sure if it's a Universal or not. It is not a petite camera
If you need measurements still I can fold it up tomorrow and chime in.

http://i.imgur.com/Hs4KrnW.jpg