Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/23/03 4:00:55 PM, jerryleh@pacbell.net writes: << The Kine Exacta was the pioneer in SLR, though the Russians may dispute that. I refer, of course, to 35mm SLRs. >> I think they spelled it Exakta. I think it was made in Dresden. I believe it hit the market in about 1937-38. Leica never bothered to compete with it. The original Exakta was rather a clumsy affair. Alpa used the same exterior type of shutter stopdown mechanism. Does anyone recall the Exa, a cut down version of the Exakta? It was Nikon that really updated reflex design and made it a mainstream product. All the linkages were internal in the Nikon. Still a great camera. Talk about a model that would be easy to design a digital back for... The Nikon F+ could shed the entire back and base plate in one unit. I still use a Nikon F. I use a thumb for a light meter. On of my friends still mourns a Nikon F2 that he left unattended while teaching a darkroom class. br br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html