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Manufactured by Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co, Dresden, East Germany
Model: 1961, Version 1.6, (A&R: 6, Hummel: 050), (produced between 1960-62, quantity 58400)
Special features of Version 6: rectangular shape of the front plate; name plate with Exa metallic white on painted black background.
Version, manufacturing year, body and lens info are as to Andrzej Wrotniak
The original Exa is known as Exa 0 also
All Exa 0 produced between 1951-62
35mm film SLR camera
Engraving on the front plate: Ihagee Dresden
Lens release: via a lever on the left of the lens flange
Focusing: via Fresnel matte screen, ring and dial on the lens, w/DOF scale
Shutter: Mirror acts like a curtain as a part of the shutter, vertical moving, due to this maximum speed is limited to 1/150, speeds: 1/25-1/150 +B
setting : via a lever and scale on the right of the top plate
Shutter release: a knob, on front of the body, left side of the lens,
w/ a safety locking cap, and cable release socket, it can be pressed with the plunger on the lenses, w/ cable release socket also
Cocking knob: also winds the film, on the right of the top plate
Frame counter: window on the right of the top plate, additive type, manual reset by a thumb ring on front of it
Viewfinder: Waist level finder, w/ magnifier and sport finder with a lid, opens by a knob on the back side, interchangeable with SLR pentaprism finder
Finder release: via a knob beneath the Exa logo
Mirror: Stays up after exposure, so viewfinder is dark, cocking the shutter returns the mirror to normal position
Re-wind knob: on the left of the top plate
Re-wind release: a button just beside the cocking knob
Flash PC socket: two, on the right front side of the camera, F and X
Self-timer. none
Back cover: Hinged, removable, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera
Special take up spool
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: metallic, Weight: 588g (wo/ the lens)
serial no. 573828 (inside the camera)
LENS:
aus Jena Pancolar 50mm f/2 (Zebra), 6 elements, auto-diaphragm type, (no internal aperture coupling, diaphragm always in open position, pressing the plunger on the lens closes the aperture to the pre-set f number then the shutter releases),
Exakta bayonet mount, interchangeable with Exakta Varex lenses,
filter thread: 49mm, serial no.8459679 (introduced 1964)
Aperture: f/2-f/22 setting: ring and scale on the lens
Focus range: 0.5-15m +inf
+SLR pentaprism finder, w/split image rangefinder, Ihagee, Dresden
Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co, in Dresden, which was the largest independent camera manufacturer in Germany and was founded in 1912 by Johan Steenbergen.
The true Exaktas and Exas are ones made by Ihagee in Dresden.
Although Exa is much simpler than the professional Exakta cameras, the workmanship is equally good, finish similar, and the family resemblance obvious. With its lower price, Exa cameras are addressed to the amateur photographers.
During the 25th year of production of the 35mm Exaktas, Ihagee introduced the black and white labels as for Exacta IIa as for the Exa.
Ihagee did not produce their own lenses. Instead, they relied on many of the major optical firms of their day to each produce a series of lenses for their cameras, eg. Carl Zeiss Jena, Meyer-Optik Görlitz and Schneider-Kreuznach. The lenses from these three makers, in terms of the number and variations of lenses produced, are the most plentiful and in most cases the easiest for collectors and users to acquire. Maybe, over 80% of the Exaktas offered for sale are equipped with normal focal length lenses from these three firms.
The East German Zeiss lenses made for export, were marked from 1954 with different engravings. The brand name Carl Zeiss Jena is replaced by C.Z. Jena or Jena or aus Jena.
Notes about Exa/Exakta classification
I use the Exa/Exakta classification of Andrzej Wrotniak. As to me, it is the best.
Some opinions of a serious Exa/Exakta collector, F W Tappe :
Andrzej Wrotniak uses a very sensible classification, listed on his website, which I personally like the best. It is multi dimensional in setup, without being complicated!
Richard Hummel's 1995 book lists an "one dimensional" classification, which is incomplete, but many sources still refer to this.
Aguila and Rouah (A&R) in their 2003 edition of "Exakta cameras 1933 - 1978", come to an improved classification. They built on their previous 1987 edition classification, which was the leading standard among collectors.
Klaus Wichmann, prolific writer of books about Exakta - and Exa cameras, published his classifications earliest.
More info Captain Jack, Maurizio Frizziero, F W Tappe, Exa Original in Camerapedia
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/ T-50 Mock-up for T-X Program
/ Photo by KAI (2014)
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Advanced trainer T-50 Golden Eagle T-X version (America)
/ T-50 Mock-up for T-X Program
/ Photo by KAI (2014)
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Para los amantes de la historia
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