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Starlord wrote:
I got an OLD Exacta Jhagaa, I belive this might have been made before WW22, it's ser.# 541102, I got it for $50.00 Now I've owned other exactas before, but this one has me stumped, this one was made before you could change the viewfinder. The trouble is, I can't figure out how to advance the film, I can get it so the shuttle is 1/2 the way back across and it stays there.And the mirror doesn't come down again when I try to advace the film either. Do you know of a camera repair shop that might be able to look at it and tell me "IF" it's fixable? My old Topcon super D is showing it's age too. The non-inchangeable viewfinder indicates a pre-war (or at least pre-Varex) model. It's probably fixable, unless some gears are actually broken, in which case it might not be worth it. You could check for any materials (film fragments) in the curtain runs causing the jambing. Try advancing it while *gently* pulling the mirror down. While you're at it, with the back open & the lens off, try holding the camera up to a bright light and see if there are any small holes (pinholes) in the shutter curtain material. |
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Exacta
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
maark wrote: The camera Exacta is very precise instrument. I own two cameras Exacta Warex Ihaage and I photograph with them. Super optics. They were. The problem with Exacta lenses came after the second world war, where the lenese varied from "Aus Jena" (from Yena) which was the old Zeiss factory, but could not use the name in the west, to Meyer Optic lenses which were poor. Not all (or even most) Meyer lenses are "poor": The Primagons, 30mm Lydiths, Tele-Megors (various focal lengths), Orestor, Orestegor & others were very good lenses: Sometimes better than the equivalent Zeiss Jena lenses. Some of the low-range models were pretty dreadful, but that doesn't mean that the whole range should be judged by the worst members of the family... |
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Tony Polson wrote:
Chris Loffredo wrote: Not all (or even most) Meyer lenses are "poor": The Primagons, 30mm Lydiths, Tele-Megors (various focal lengths), Orestor, Orestegor & others were very good lenses: Sometimes better than the equivalent Zeiss Jena lenses. Some of the low-range models were pretty dreadful, but that doesn't mean that the whole range should be judged by the worst members of the family... A friend has an Alpa collection with the usual 50mm f/1.9 Kern Macro Switar and a couple of Angenieux lenses - all optically superb, as you would expect. But his choice of wide angle lens surprised me - yes, it is a Meyer Lydith. And despite the poor reputation, the results from the Meyer lens are simply beautiful. A Lydith is on My Rolleiflex 3003 right now (as an alternative to the 35mm Distagon). :-) |
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Tony Polson wrote:
Chris Loffredo wrote: A Lydith is on My Rolleiflex 3003 right now (as an alternative to the 35mm Distagon). Nice camera! Always wanted one. ;-) Being cynical: The size, price & weight of medium format with the quality of 35mm... But I still love it! ;-) |
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I got an OLD Exacta Jhagaa, I belive this might have been made before WW22,
it's ser.# 541102, I got it for $50.00 Now I've owned other exactas before, but this one has me stumped, this one was made before you could change the viewfinder. The trouble is, I can't figure out how to advance the film, I can get it so the shuttle is 1/2 the way back across and it stays there.And the mirror doesn't come down again when I try to advace the film either. Do you know of a camera repair shop that might be able to look at it and tell me "IF" it's fixable? My old Topcon super D is showing it's age too. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html |
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"Starlord" wrote in message . .. I got an OLD Exacta Jhagaa, I belive this might have been made before WW22, it's ser.# 541102, I got it for $50.00 Now I've owned other exactas before, but this one has me stumped, this one was made before you could change the viewfinder. The trouble is, I can't figure out how to advance the film, I can get it so the shuttle is 1/2 the way back across and it stays there.And the mirror doesn't come down again when I try to advace the film either. Do you know of a camera repair shop that might be able to look at it and tell me "IF" it's fixable? My old Topcon super D is showing it's age too. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html Have you conntacted any of the repairers of old cameras who advertise in Shutterbug? AFIK the postwar models were Exacta V, Exacta Varex, and the Exacta Varex II. Note that for copyright reasons, the models sold in the US were Exacta VX and Exacta VXII. I would suspect a problem with the shutter winding mechanism, and this might not be economical to repair. Jim |
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"Starlord" wrote in message . .. I got an OLD Exacta Jhagaa, I belive this might have been made before WW22, it's ser.# 541102, I got it for $50.00 Are you certain that it is not Ihagee? That would be the manufacturer. Jim Now I've owned other exactas before, but this one has me stumped, this one was made before you could change the viewfinder. The trouble is, I can't figure out how to advance the film, I can get it so the shuttle is 1/2 the way back across and it stays there.And the mirror doesn't come down again when I try to advace the film either. Do you know of a camera repair shop that might be able to look at it and tell me "IF" it's fixable? My old Topcon super D is showing it's age too. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html |
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I live in a small town out in the High Mojave desert, and don't do to the
bigger one but once a month, so it'll be after the 1st before I can pick up a shutterbug magazine. I wanted to find a show that could give me an estament and then I could pick to have it fixed or just keep it as a display model. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html "Jim" wrote in message ... "Starlord" wrote in message . .. I got an OLD Exacta Jhagaa, I belive this might have been made before WW22, it's ser.# 541102, I got it for $50.00 Now I've owned other exactas before, but this one has me stumped, this one was made before you could change the viewfinder. The trouble is, I can't figure out how to advance the film, I can get it so the shuttle is 1/2 the way back across and it stays there.And the mirror doesn't come down again when I try to advace the film either. Do you know of a camera repair shop that might be able to look at it and tell me "IF" it's fixable? My old Topcon super D is showing it's age too. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html Have you conntacted any of the repairers of old cameras who advertise in Shutterbug? AFIK the postwar models were Exacta V, Exacta Varex, and the Exacta Varex II. Note that for copyright reasons, the models sold in the US were Exacta VX and Exacta VXII. I would suspect a problem with the shutter winding mechanism, and this might not be economical to repair. Jim |
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Part of the front place is gone, all I see is (or lookes like it) J(odd I
maybe)hagee with Dresden under it and it was made before they made them to interchange the viewfrinder from wastlevel to eyelevel. And the back comes off totaly for film changing. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html "Jim" wrote in message m... "Starlord" wrote in message . .. I got an OLD Exacta Jhagaa, I belive this might have been made before WW22, it's ser.# 541102, I got it for $50.00 Are you certain that it is not Ihagee? That would be the manufacturer. Jim Now I've owned other exactas before, but this one has me stumped, this one was made before you could change the viewfinder. The trouble is, I can't figure out how to advance the film, I can get it so the shuttle is 1/2 the way back across and it stays there.And the mirror doesn't come down again when I try to advace the film either. Do you know of a camera repair shop that might be able to look at it and tell me "IF" it's fixable? My old Topcon super D is showing it's age too. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html |
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Starlord wrote:
Part of the front place is gone, all I see is (or lookes like it) J(odd I maybe)hagee with Dresden under it and it was made before they made them to interchange the viewfrinder from wastlevel to eyelevel. And the back comes off totaly for film changing. There was no I in German. The letter J was used instead. Ihagee was spelled Jhagee. This was confusing to non Germans as the letter J also was used as the English letter Y. After the second world war, the letter I became commonplace, the J is still used as the English Y. If the camera is 35mm look up "kine exacta" or "kine exakta". For exacta that takes movie film, the original Exacta (which I think was spelled with a K, but it's been a long time) took 127 film. The cameras were made in Dresden from the 1930's until they were stopped in the 1970s. I don't remember the exact wording, but the 1950's and 1960's were also stamped "made in USSR occupied Germany", or "made in occupied Germany" or "made in Germany (East)". There was also a model made in the 1970's called the Exacta 500, which had a fixed prism. If there are no markings on it, you can tell them from the other exactas because it looks relatively modern and has a vertical tubular shutter instead of the usual horizontal curtain. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ |
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