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stuartypoorty
07-07-2008, 03:05 AM
Has anyone used the Agfa ME IV Pure Metal HDX?

I'd been tracking 3 sealed examples on Ebay Germany and had bid what I believed to be enough to win them. Alas, I was outbid to the tune of 67 Euros, about $106!

This perplexes me; are these tapes really that good, does it come down to collectability or rarity and if so what makes them so good.
Truthfully, I can't recall seeing these anywhere, Agfa being known more for photographic goods than anything else. Maybe they went head to head with BASF in Germany as TDK/Maxell did.

Intriguingly, they were also responsible for a type III tape - comments from forum members based in Germany are welcome.

Some other images on the ProjectC-90 website.
Scorpion8
07-07-2008, 08:25 AM
Way back when I used to find Agfa's at some stores over here, but they weren't common. I have three Agfa cassettes that I never recorded on just because I didn't want to use them. They don't appear very often over here on eBay.
stuartypoorty
07-08-2008, 07:16 AM
The Agfa type III tape.
Scorpion8
07-08-2008, 08:26 AM
Man, what I wouldn't give for a bunch of cases of that stuff. I loved FeCr while it was available. One of the least understood nuances of tape history ....
Scorpion8
07-08-2008, 09:34 PM
The bottom three tapes are the Agfas that I have. Boy, I'd love to find more ....

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p141/Scorpion008/P2270073.jpg
niklasthedolphin
07-09-2008, 05:23 AM
Sorry.
By accident, it happened that I said something completely nonsense.
I can't find the option to delete the post?

"dolph"
stuartypoorty
07-09-2008, 05:58 AM
Sorry.
By accident, it happened that I said something completely nonsense.
I can't find the option to delete the post?

"dolph"


I'd give that a go.
Scorpion8
07-09-2008, 08:31 AM
You can use the edit button on your own posts and just go back and delete the erroneous info. It'll still be there if someone after you quoted it, but we'll all have a good chuckle. Besdies, we all make complete habits out of saying non-sensical stuff.
NAD613
07-09-2008, 10:47 AM
Was Agfa an off-shoot/subsidiary of some other, larger company, like BASF, or was it it's own company?
close652
07-09-2008, 01:47 PM
AGFA was (and I believe still is) an old German company on its own, probably most famous of the Agfacolor films, being in the top 3 with Kodak and Fuji. First the gave up on tapes later they stopped producing consumer films as well.
stuartypoorty
07-09-2008, 02:12 PM
Was Agfa an off-shoot/subsidiary of some other, larger company, like BASF, or was it it's own company?

Agfa-Gevaert, huge multi-national company, specialists in photography and god knows what.

They probably had a worldwide presence as I have received emails from all comers in all corners of the globe, so their tapes at least were recognised and well regarded.
elushens
04-14-2010, 04:38 AM
i am selling one piece now to test the market ....


i should have one unopened case of 10 pieces of this available somewhere ...is value still around the same or higher ?
Kirunavaara
04-14-2010, 02:01 PM
Do you mean the Agfa Pure Metal HDX? Then the prices have fallen to 10-20 Euros a piece. About a year or two ago, one seller suddenly sold out his stock of about 30 cassettes in total, since then most collectors have their examples and are satisfied so far.

These metal tapes were no original Agfa, they are technically the same as early-mid 80's Philips and PDMagnetics metals. The ferrichrome Carat HDX, in contrast, are genuine Agfa.

Agfa was independent until their magnetic tape division was acquired by BASF in 1992.

Martin
elushens
04-14-2010, 10:40 PM
Do you mean the Agfa Pure Metal HDX? Then the prices have fallen to 10-20 Euros a piece. About a year or two ago, one seller suddenly sold out his stock of about 30 cassettes in total, since then most collectors have their examples and are satisfied so far.

These metal tapes were no original Agfa, they are technically the same as early-mid 80's Philips and PDMagnetics metals. The ferrichrome Carat HDX, in contrast, are genuine Agfa.

Agfa was independent until their magnetic tape division was acquired by BASF in 1992.

Martin


thanks .....will put up the case of 10 up for sale once i find it ....
Kent T
04-18-2010, 08:23 PM
Agfa made a superb duplicating tape which was Type 1 and had superb output. I wish that formulation was still around, it met or even beat some Type II tapes for output level head on. I had a relative who did tape duplication and sold tape in bulk. He gave me several cassettes and his 800 number if I wanted more. I used many of them.