Exacta

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.
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Starlord

Re: Exacta

Guess you've never had a old keyboard with stickey keys? This keyboard came
out of a trash can when the one I had became un-useable.
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Starlord

Re: Exacta

Being cynical: The size, price & weight of medium format with the
quality of 35mm...
But I still love it!
;-)


Chris Loffredo

Re: Exacta

Nice camera! Always wanted one. ;-)


Tony Polson

Re: Exacta

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


Chris Loffredo

Re: Exacta

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.


Tony Polson

Re: Exacta

On 2006-09-26 18:25:13 -0400, "Starlord"
<starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info> said:
Made before World War 22? WOW is that old!
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Michael Weinstein

Re: Exacta

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

Re: Exacta

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...


Chris Loffredo

Re: Exacta

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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Starlord

Re: Exacta

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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