daveleo Posted February 9, 2010 Share #1 Posted February 9, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) i bought this for $25 from my boss at work when i was 10 years younger than my kids are today..... some things carry a high emotional content through the years, and the Exa is on the top shelf in my cabinet. shot this with the beloved D2 on manual controls under a tungsten dish lamp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 9, 2010 Posted February 9, 2010 Hi daveleo, Take a look here Exa ..... my very first 35mm camera . I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
holgerf Posted February 10, 2010 Share #2 Posted February 10, 2010 i bought this for $25 from my boss at work when i was 10 years younger than my kids are today..... some things carry a high emotional content through the years, and the Exa is on the top shelf in my cabinet. shot this with the beloved D2 on manual controls under a tungsten dish lamp. Oh man – those were the times! Best Holger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 10, 2010 Share #3 Posted February 10, 2010 Dave - Delighgtful, and it makes me think of a visit to a camera shop in Champagne-Urbana while in the Air Force, stationed near-by, where I got to handle one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted February 10, 2010 Share #4 Posted February 10, 2010 Dave - My mother bought an Exacta for the family when I was a lad. Since I was practically the only one in the family who was interested in using it, it was just as good as mine. My brother still has it. Thanks for reminding me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted February 10, 2010 yeh . . . . those cameras made you feel like you were important to the process of making pictures. now, we spend six hours with a manual to understand the menus that the computer programmer embedded in our cameras to . . . . do whatever. and then we spend six hours on the computer to post-process all the glitches and "take the image to a higher level" o well . . . that's progress i suppose . . . but i still love my old cameras . . . they have so many stories to tell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullahoma Posted February 11, 2010 Share #6 Posted February 11, 2010 When my eyesight was making it difficult to use my Leica IIIa, I bought a used Exacta kit, but the camera did not hold up well. I later found an Exa in a local pawn shop, and used it for many years for flash photos at Christmas time, etc. The simple shutter mechanism is limited in speeds, but very reliable. Mine would be ready to go in a heartbeat if I wanted to return to film. Jim N. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted February 11, 2010 Share #7 Posted February 11, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Cool shot, great story. Wish I had my first camera...my Dad's Leica IIIc.... Agree with many of your points.....but I don't miss yellow fingernails;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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