4 Nov
2009
4 Nov
'09
2:59 p.m.
But Exaktas I love. I generally describe them as the
'Citroen DS of 35mm
cameras' (if I ever learn to drive, a DS is top of my list of desirable
vehicles...). The Exakta is totally unconentional. Every control is where
you don't expect it. But then it has shutter speeds from 1/500 (or 1/1000
on later models) to 12 _seconds_. A film cutting knife (and you can run
cassette-to-cassette) so you can cut off an process part of the film.
Interchangeable viewfinders (I must repair the metering prism I have for
mine -- alas the meter coil itself is open-circuit). And so on.
Recently, I found a late variant Exakta VX which needs at least a CLA.
I love U Surplus. :)
Anyone know a good Exakta repair/restore guy?
De