Jan 26, 2018 · This is an Agat 18K half-frame 35mm camera made by BelOMO in their Vilejka factory near Minsk, Belarus between the years of 1988 and 1991. The Agat 18K was an updated model of the earlier Agat 18 offering an improved shutter, a new film speed scale, and a revised lens cap which protects the shutter release.

Nov 29, 2011 · The BELOMO Agat 18K is a tiny film camera with a plastic body, glass lens, and half frame mode, which means you are never able to finish the film loaded. Here is a review which contains my first impressions on this half-frame camera and also its basic technical details.

Nov 3, 2020 · The Agat 18k is a snapshooter’s camera with a fair degree of unpredictability. No doubt this thing is complicated to use, but I love how it forces me to slow down and do the math, so to speak, for every picture I take.

Jun 28, 2018 · All of this combines with its tiny, light plastic construction to ensure that the Agat is an interesting camera. But the most interesting part of the Agat, the thing that makes it most unique, is that it’s a half-frame camera — one of the smallest and lightest ever made.

Sep 10, 2023 · Belomo offered this compact, plastic, 35mm half-frame camera beginning around 1984. The name appears in Cyrillic as " Агат-18." It includes a 28mm f/2.8 lens. The inner ring surrounding the lens is the film speed scale, which on some models may use DIN or the Soviet GOST numbering system.

Sep 10, 2023 · The new model adds a threaded shutter release; a wider shutter-speed and film-speed range (now labeled in ISO); and a rubbery black lens cap on a leash, which also covers the shutter release. As before, the name appears in Cyrillic, as "Агат-18K."

Oct 19, 2018 · The Agat 18K is a half frame camera which shoots the half frame horizontally. As such, it has a profile which is taller than wider. The shape has an added benefit where it fits into a pocket very easily, and in fact is one of the few cameras that can realistically call themselves pocket cameras.

“Agat 18” is a modern compact scale camera*, designed for a wide circle of amateur photographers. Single-coated lens with ample optical characteristics and a wide angle of view, optical viewfinder and plenty of exposure settings, operated with a shutter-diaphragm mechanism, let you take pictures in diverse settings.

Agat 18K is a 35mm film half frame viewfinder camera made by Vilejka for MMZ (Belomo), Minsk, Belarus (in former USSR), and produced between 1988-97. АГАТ = AGAT is a special name in Russian. Camera identical to its predecessor, Agat 18 with some technical improvements.

Dec 5, 2021 · The Agat 18K is a unique camera in more than just the half-frame format. The body is plastic and very light. The shape is simple and about as small as you could reasonably get a 35mm camera.