Are Exakta cameras good?
The 1936 Kine Exakta is a wonderful camera capable of capturing technically brilliant images of surpassing beauty. It is also an inconvenient contraption and, undoubtedly, the most challenging SLR I’ve ever shot with.
Are Exakta cameras still made?
The last Exakta models keeping some features of the original 1936 design were the Exakta VX 1000 and VX 500. In the 2000s the brand name Exakta was used by Pentacon GmbH for compact digital and film cameras; as of 2008 the brand is certainly still owned by that company but is not used any more.
Where were Exakta cameras made?
Dresden, Germany
The Exakta (sometimes Exacta) was a camera produced by the Ihagee Kamerawerk in Dresden, Germany, founded as the Industrie und Handels-Gesellschaft mbH, in 1912.
What is the difference between 120 and 127 film?
The only difference between these two films and 120mm is the difference in length which allows for more exposures per roll. 127 film is a roll film format used for still photography introduced by Kodak in 1912. The film itself is 46mm wide, which places it in between 35mm and 120 medium formats in terms of size.
What does FLR stand for?
FLR
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| FLR | Female Led Relationship |
| FLR | First Level Resolution |
| FLR | Finite Larmour Radius (plasma physics) |
| FLR | Force of Lower Readiness |
When was the Ihagee Exakta 35mm SLR made?
This is an Exakta VX 35mm SLR made in 1954 by Ihagee Kamerawerk based out of Dresden, Germany. The Exakta was in production from 1933 through 1970.
What’s the self timer on the Ihagee Exakta?
With the Exakta’s unique self timer / delayed shutter mechanism, the photographer could select shutter speeds as long as 12 seconds without having to use a Bulb or Timed mode. You can see the curved razor that is connected to a shaft that can be pulled without opening the camera, via a knob on the bottom of the camera.
Is the Ihagee Exakta an electric TTL meter?
World War II would come and get in the way of this patent being a reality, and by the time Ihagee could get back on their feet after the war, the Japanese company Topcon had beat them with the first electric TTL meter. Although the Exakta is an SLR, the design of the camera has many differences from later SLRs that followed it.
When was the Ihagee Exakta VX v4.2 made?
My serial number of 748483 is right in the middle of production of v4.2 models, meaning it was most likely made sometime in 1954. Around 1960, the design of the Exakta changed slightly, and the camera had a newly redesigned name plate with a capitalized bold spelling of EXAKTA.