Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Lesser Known Camera from the Past
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:04:42 -0600
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Thanks, Peter.? I used it primarily for family shots.? Here is a shot 
from 1985, showing my 83 yr old? Mother down on a quilt entertaining her 
1 yr old great-granddaughter.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070905-Lea_s+Trip+to+Mississippi+06+85.JPG.html

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/13/2019 2:46 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> Very nice. The lens says it all. Keep using it. can you post some shots
> taken with it, please.
>
> Peter
>
> On 13/01/2019 20:00, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> When my aging eyes rebelled at rangefinders, I explored a variety of
>> cameras, including this pawn shop acquisition, the Exa, little brother
>> of my Exacta.? The Exacta shutter expired, so I turned to the Exa for
>> holiday snapshots.? It synched nicely with my Braun Hobby flash, and,
>> even with its limited shutter speed, gave me excellent images.
>>
>> It has an unusual rotating shutter that results in limiting the upper
>> shutter speeds, but is excellent when teamed with a flash unit.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190113-P1137464.JPG.html
>>   using
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