Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, This is a complex thread, so I won't delete anything. Years ago, I bought a used Exacta kit, housed in a briefcase, from a small Nashville camera dealer.? It did, as you say, have the release on the left.? When the shutter eventually locked up, I picked up the inexpensive "little brother", an Exa, in a pawn shop.? Though it had a unique shutter mechanism/mirror combination that allowed no high shutter speeds, it was rugged and reliable and accepted all of the Exacta viewfinders and electronic flash. This was the basic kit I used for holidays and birthdays during my later working years.? Its release was also on the left. Here is a picture of the Exa, with its Zeiss lens. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190113-P1137464.JPG.html On 9/13/20 3:21 PM, Mark Kronquist via LUG wrote: > >> On Sep 13, 2020, at 12:44 PM, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> Some fun stuff... >> >> https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Cameras/Canon-EOS-7D-L-Left-Handed-DSLR-Camera.aspx >> >> The Yashica Samurai film camera of the late 1980s is one of the only ones >> to have been in regular production but it was very expensive for what it >> was and was not a success. >> >> See: >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/AS-IS-Kyocera-YASHICA-SAMURAI-X3-0-35mm-Half-Frame-AF-Film-Camera-W-Case/392877076581?hash=item5b794c7065:g:tcsAAOSw1V9eQlYo >> >> One of the things we are most asked about is a left-handed digital video >> camera and there has never been one, until now. The Samsung Q10 (or >> HMX-Q10 HD) has been designed so it is equally easy to use in either hand >> ? as Samsung say in their brochure ?Even when you're a lefty, It records >> just right! >> >> See: >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Compact-Full-HD-Camcorder-HMX-Q10BN-XAA-Camera-Only/174314822269?hash=item2895f91a7d:g:PMgAAOSwJ65e4n64 >> >> https://nikonrumors.com/2019/04/01/nikons-first-left-handed-camera.aspx/ >> A spoof. >> >> There is ( was) a Leica gadget that performed the task.... NQUOO, but you >> needed to use your mouth,,, >> >> and the https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108557 >> This is probably the closest to a Left Handed Camera as you will get.... >> >> Another Leica based camera, but a Leica copy... >> https://www.macfilos.com/2016/06/05/2016-6-2-leica-copies-left-handed-camera-anyone/ >> >> And lastly this dream..... >> https://www.popphoto.com/news/2007/09/ambicam-debuts/ >> >> >> >> On 9/13/2020 8:40 AM, Peter Stevens (Redacted sender fritzj3 for DMARC) >> wrote: >>> Good afternoon to everyone. I saw a camera body last night online from >>> the 1930s, a Kine Exakta; and not only did it catch my attention for its >>> distinctive overall body design, I also noticed that the shutter control >>> and shutter button were on the top left-hand side of the body. I have >>> never seen such a placement; but I admit to being novice in regards >>> these things. Has anyone else ever seen a camera body with the shutter >>> controls on the top left-hand side? And regarding another design feature >>> of the Exakta - does anyone know if the design team commissioned by >>> Leica to come up with the R8 used the Exakta Kine as an inspiration - to >>> my eye the R8/R9 sure does take at least a respectful design cue from >>> the Kine Exakta. >>> >>> Peter S.------ >>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>> http://lrflex.furnfeather.ca/ >>> Archives are at: >>> http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >>> >> -- >> >> *Frank Filippone* >> >> *BMWRed735i at Gmail.com* >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA