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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 7, 2012 21:10:41 GMT -5
Hi Folks
Not being very familiar with non-Japanese SLR's I need a little help. I have acquired an Exakta VX 500 and I would like to mate a lens to it, mainly for display purposes.
Can someone tell me what lenses would fit and does anyone have such a lens (condition does not really matter, as long as it mounts)?
thanks Bob
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2012 21:57:29 GMT -5
Bob: Virtually any lens for any Exacta camera will fit it (it seems like toward the end they made some cameras using a different mount (M42?).. There were some aftermarket lenses made, too--Vivitar for one). I believe some of the Topcons used the Exacta mount, too. A nice lens for the Exacta is the Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm f/2 lens. On Exacta lenses the nearest thing to auto stop down diaphragms were lenses with a button built in that sat above the shutter release button on the camera. When you pressed the lens button it stopped down the lens, then tripped the shutter. There were also a number of preset lenses that you open up manually to focus, then have to remember to stop them down manually before tripping the shutter. My Exa I has a 50mm Carl Zeiss Jena f/2.8 Tessar which is manual stop down.
Wayne
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 8, 2012 0:11:04 GMT -5
Bob, I have seen numerous Exakta lenses at flea markets and camera fairs. They were usually quite reasonably priced. Wayne has covered them very well. I particularly like the stop down - shutter release type. I have a beautiful Steinheil München 135mm Auto-Tele-Quinar. The stop down feature can be adjusted for how long (far) it is stopped down before it releases the shutter. Great for previewing depth of field. The Exakta lens mount is fast and easy to use unlike many of today's more finicky mounts. Here is my small Exakta Family. The VX IIa with the Auto-Tele-Quinar is in the bottom left corner. I bought it about 1953 or 54. To its right is a "USSR OCCUPIED" VX IIa. In the lower right corner is my first and last tele extender. A Soligor 1.85x poorly performing piece of gear. Mickey
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 8, 2012 0:34:10 GMT -5
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Post by daveh on Aug 8, 2012 2:14:15 GMT -5
That certainly looks like the right lens. I've a few Topcon lenses in Exaxta fit - RE series. Others were in the UV series and the later PK bayonets, the AM series. I believe the RE series will work, though they lack the external button. UV and AM won't work.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 8, 2012 5:50:41 GMT -5
It will work and I am sure you will be pleased with its performance. Mickey
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2012 9:37:51 GMT -5
I remember my Uncle Irving, who was considered "rich" by family standards, had an Exacta back in the really early 1950s (He also had a Leica and an Airstream travel trailer). At that time Exactas cost more than $300 U.S. --probably several thousand in today's dollars. Then my dad bought one in the early 1960s for $69.95!. I just noticed that on Ebay the 50mm f/2 Pancolor is usually fetching about $150!
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 8, 2012 21:08:17 GMT -5
Dave and Mickey and Wayne ---thank you all.
I will try to secure that lens.
thanks again Bob
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Post by daveh on Aug 9, 2012 18:10:39 GMT -5
Bob, you could have just nicked a lens from Mickey.
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 9, 2012 22:44:37 GMT -5
OK..."nicked" does that mean taken away or bought one from? I don't know the meaning.....please explain. thanks Bob
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Post by daveh on Aug 10, 2012 1:44:16 GMT -5
To nick is quite old slang for to steal something.
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 10, 2012 4:48:06 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation, Dave---lol. Now I understand.
Mickey--did you wish to sell a lens?
I still have not committed to one.
Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 10, 2012 5:18:33 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation, Dave---lol. Now I understand. Mickey--did you wish to sell a lens? I still have not committed to one. Bob No Bob but you should have no trouble finding one. Would you believe I have never sold a piece of photo equipment. As for Dave. Councelling to commit a felony. Tch tch. I am reporting him to Inspector Clouseau forthwith. So, Dave, put that in your peep and smoke it. Mickey No! No Kato!! Aaeeeee!!!
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 10, 2012 19:04:23 GMT -5
LOL. LOL.
Very Good!
Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 10, 2012 20:59:15 GMT -5
To nick is quite old slang for to steal something. Unless you happen to be haemorrhaging from shaving with a rusty blade. Mickey
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