Exacta

Thanks, I didn't know about the no I, so this is a J. This one has theold
style flash holes (3 of them) on the front right side, not the moden but
probe holes which I've seen on older ones, this has the flat shutter
curtains. The top is the viewer that when you open it the top pops up two
sides go out and there's a mag lens that folds down over the fouces screen.
I know somewhere there was a listing of ser/numbers that told age, so I've
got to hunt for that and get a true age to this one.
Wow, I was just looking at it and I not sure what the numbers on the right
side top knob ment I move it to the #3 setting and found I can now cock the
film all the way arocss and fire the shutter as it should and the mirror
resets back down too. The other exactas I owned where late 40's or early
50's and had the USSR stamp on them, this one doesn't have that.


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"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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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.

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Starlord napsal(a):
Thanks, I didn't know about the no I, so this is a J. This one has theold
style flash holes (3 of them) on the front right side, not the moden but
probe holes which I've seen on older ones, this has the flat shutter
curtains. The top is the viewer that when you open it the top pops up two
sides go out and there's a mag lens that folds down over the fouces screen.
I know somewhere there was a listing of ser/numbers that told age, so I've
got to hunt for that and get a true age to this one.
Wow, I was just looking at it and I not sure what the numbers on the right
side top knob ment I move it to the #3 setting and found I can now cock the
film all the way arocss and fire the shutter as it should and the mirror
resets back down too. The other exactas I owned where late 40's or early
50's and had the USSR stamp on them, this one doesn't have that.


The camera Exacta is very precise instrument. I own two cameras Exacta
Warex Ihaage and I photograph with them. Super optics.
rene

I've gowned ones from either the later 40's or early 50's before, even had
the little brother EXA too, but when my trailer home was broken into back in
the late 80's, all my cameras, Exactas, Exa's,Lica IIIG, Topcon Super D
where ripped off and all my lens too. So it's been a long time rebuilding my
working collection, some are now out of my reach, and the two Super D's I
have need to have their shutter speeds checked and fixed. I lost a
Voltlander Bessamitic to a mortor shell over in Vietnam.



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"maark" wrote in message
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Starlord napsal(a):
Thanks, I didn't know about the no I, so this is a J. This one has theold
style flash holes (3 of them) on the front right side, not the moden but
probe holes which I've seen on older ones, this has the flat shutter
curtains. The top is the viewer that when you open it the top pops up two
sides go out and there's a mag lens that folds down over the fouces
screen. I know somewhere there was a listing of ser/numbers that told
age, so I've got to hunt for that and get a true age to this one.
Wow, I was just looking at it and I not sure what the numbers on the
right side top knob ment I move it to the #3 setting and found I can now
cock the film all the way arocss and fire the shutter as it should and
the mirror resets back down too. The other exactas I owned where late
40's or early 50's and had the USSR stamp on them, this one doesn't have
that.


The camera Exacta is very precise instrument. I own two cameras Exacta
Warex Ihaage and I photograph with them. Super optics.
rene

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. At the height of their popularity, there even were some
Japanese lenses in the Exacta mount.

Geoff.


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I won an auction last night for a 1954 Exa camera. I'm taking test shots
with my Exacta today.


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"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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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. At the height of their popularity, there even were some
Japanese lenses in the Exacta mount.

Geoff.


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On 2006-09-26 18:25:13 -0400, "Starlord"
said:

I got an OLD Exacta Jhagaa, I belive this might have been made before WW22,

Made before World War 22? WOW is that old!

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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.

Chris Loffredo wrote:

A Lydith is on My Rolleiflex 3003 right now (as an alternative to the
35mm Distagon).


Nice camera! Always wanted one. ;-)

Chris Loffredo wrote:

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...

Or, the versatility of interchangeable film backs and finders with the
ease of use of 35mm film!

But I still love it!

Yes, for the same reasons I want one!

;-)

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"Michael Weinstein" wrote in message
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On 2006-09-26 18:25:13 -0400, "Starlord"
said:

I got an OLD Exacta Jhagaa, I belive this might have been made before
WW22,

Made before World War 22? WOW is that old!

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