Exakta (Kine Exakta) is a 35mm film SLR camera manufactured by Ihagee Kamerawerk Steenbergen & Co, Dresden, former East Germany and produced between 1936-49.
See also Exakta Kine and Varex Series list.
- Original Exakta often referred as Kine Exakta [1]
- Version 1; There are 4 sub-versions [2] [3]
- Fixed waist-level viewfinder
- Two spellings: In late version the Exakta name with "c" is more common on export cameras
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| Kine Exakta version 1.1 (1936) image by John Bosko (Image rights) |
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| Kine Exacta (Kine Exakta) version 1.2.3 (1945-49) w/ Meyer-Optik Görlitz Primagon 35mm f/4.5 image by Laszlo_Gerencser (Image rights) |
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Kine Exakta is the first 35mm SLR camera. The camera's features were based on Ihagee-Exakta rollfilm 4×6.5 cm, an earlier SLR made by K.Nüchterlein who also designed Kine Exakta. Kine Exakta was introduced at the fair Leipziger Früjahrsmesse in spring 1936. This date is important that it is one and a half year earlier than the Sport made by GOMZ. Although, some authors say that Sport is the first 35mm SLR, based on the prototype design
- ↑ The classification of Exaktas in this page is according to Andrzej Wrotniak
- ↑ Notes about Exa/Exakta classification:from F.W. Tappe Andrzej Wrotniak made a very sensible classification, listed on his website. 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.