[Leica] Left Handed Cameras Exakta and you get Zeiss lenses

[Jim Nichols]

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:
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>> On Sep 13, 2020, at 12:44 PM, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> Some fun stuff...
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>> https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Cameras/Canon-EOS-7D-L-Left-Handed-DSLR-Camera.aspx
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> 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!
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>> See: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Compact-Full-HD-Camcorder-HMX-Q10BN-XAA-Camera-Only/174314822269?hash=item2895f91a7d:g:PMgAAOSwJ65e4n64
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>> https://nikonrumors.com/2019/04/01/nikons-first-left-handed-camera.aspx/ A spoof.
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>> There is ( was) a Leica gadget that performed the task.... NQUOO, but you needed to use your mouth,,,
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>> 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....
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>> Another Leica based camera, but a Leica copy... https://www.macfilos.com/2016/06/05/2016-6-2-leica-copies-left-handed-camera-anyone/
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>> And lastly this dream..... https://www.popphoto.com/news/2007/09/ambicam-debuts/
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>> 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.
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Jim Nichols
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