An nEbay find

[Reiska]

So, not exactly from eBay but from Neighbour.

I got a call from an lady in the neighborhood. She was doing
the spring-cleaning and asked me, if I kindly would help
her to get rid of the junk in her late husband's closet.




added to this I got cookies and a cup of coffee. ;D

PS. I promised, that I owe her more than a gratitude and will
help her also in the future spring-cleaning.

[Randy]

WOOF!!! I'll mow your grass for the one on the left! ;D

[galenk]

Those will sure make a great addition to the shelf.
Like Randy said I'll take the one on the left ;D AT least get some better pics of it..

[Reiska]

I am whipping up a page of that Edixa Reflex. It seems to be in a good working order.
Only the leatherette covering, as you can see is wriggling. This camera
is an early version of Edixa Reflex SLR. The original name (first version) was Komet.
The Westagon lens has the same design like for instance Pentax Takumar or Voigtlander Ultron.

[PeterW]

I've got quite a soft spot for Edixa SLRs. I've got a Prismat which I've had for years. To save me repeating myself, here's a quote from my website:

"How can I best describe my Edixa Prismat? It was made in the mid 1960s, and it can hardly be called elegant. It’s built like a Panzer tank; it’s heavy, it’s chunky, it’s as ungainly as a space station and the shutter fires with a clunk that scares flocks of birds. And it’s been utterly reliable.
I used it as a second (or should it be third?) camera to my Canons for quite a few years, and I’m ashamed to say so within its hearing but I didn’t take a lot of care of it. I used it in any conditions where I didn’t want to risk the Canons. In the pouring rain, in the snow, on the beach, on a small boat, on dusty building sites and down in the bowels of the earth where I was lowered in a big bucket to take pictures of tunnel boring for London’s Jubilee Line Underground. In all these cases the Canons went in the camera bag and out came the Edixa. It coped with the lot and never let me down once. "

The poor old thing looks rather battered and work-worn, but I haven't got the heart to get rid of it. When I retired from taking pictures for money I gave it a clean but left it with its honourable battle scars, and now it sits on the shelf enjoying its own well-earned peaceful retirement.

PeterW

[nikonbob]

A great neighbor to have. That Exida sure has character in spades, it is just gorgeous to look at. Be sure and post some photos taken with it.

Bob

[Just Plain Curt]

Beautiful Reijo,
I have a Prismat myself but not nearly as nice as your camera. Like Peter's, mine has been used hard so has battle scars but keeps on ticking like a Timex watch. I've been bidding on these for over a year now and always get outbid. Keep your fingers crossed, I'm bidding on two more now.

[galenk]

Thats a beautiful camera , It's those odd out of the ordinary looking ones that keep me collecting these things. I love it ;D

[Reiska]

Thank you guys !

I made the story which is by no means adulatory. I know, that
"generally taken" and "compared to" the contemporary high end brands like Leica or .... . Edixa is made to fit much more loose standards. The design is not very aerodynamic but it is interesting and fascinating and aerodynamically supercritical.

It is here:

lauro.fi/edixa.htm