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Arutemu
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:59 am Post subject: Exaktar Auto 50mm f/1.8 |
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Arutemu wrote:
Tapping the collective wisdom here. I recently came into posession of this lens. Would like to know more about it, seeing as i can't seem to fit it to any of my adapters. What is that mount? In line with the Exaktar name I thought it was an Exakta mount, but it not. Any help appreciated!
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D1N0
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 2483
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:01 am Post subject: |
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D1N0 wrote:
It's certainly a Cosina made lens. As to the mount can't say not Minolta SR2, maybe QBM or Petri? _________________ pentaxian |
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:43 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Not Petri, not QBM either.
Definitely something obscure and not so common.
I know I've seen it before but I can't quite think where... _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:53 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I've figured it out, it's the Exakta Real mount, which is pretty rare as it was only used on a couple of cameras that were only in production for a few years.
https://mikeeckman.com/2020/08/exakta-real-1966/ _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Arutemu
Joined: 16 Oct 2014 Posts: 72 Location: US/Japan
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Arutemu wrote:
Thanks all! Crap, there go my aspirations to adapt it... Guess there was a reason it was so cheap... _________________ 住めば都 |
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D1N0
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 2483
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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D1N0 wrote:
Adapter does exist (to E-mount)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174539580892 _________________ pentaxian |
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jamaeolus
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 2913 Location: Eugene
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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jamaeolus wrote:
Exakta Real and Exakta Twin were the 2 cameras. The Twin iteration was made by Cosina IIRC. _________________ photos are moments frozen in time |
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Arutemu
Joined: 16 Oct 2014 Posts: 72 Location: US/Japan
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Arutemu wrote:
Wow, thanks! I forgot about this guy. A bit pricey, but I suppose the price is a function of how much one wants to use that particular lens... _________________ 住めば都 |
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stevemark
Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 3751 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
jamaeolus wrote: |
Exakta Real and Exakta Twin were the 2 cameras. The Twin iteration was made by Cosina IIRC. |
I don't have the original Exakta Real, but its successor, the Exakta Twin TL, here shwon with the Exaktar Wide 2.8/35mm:
There's some quite good information on the West German "Eaxkta Real" business here on the photobutmore website, albeit in German language:
https://photobutmore.de/exakta/erben/
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
The Twin TL is made by Cosina and apart from the name has no relation or similarity to the German original so is irrelevant. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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D1N0
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 2483
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:10 am Post subject: |
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D1N0 wrote:
Mike Eckman has a bit more to say about it: https://mikeeckman.com/2021/11/ihagee-exakta-twin-tl-1970/ _________________ pentaxian |
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stevemark
Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 3751 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
iangreenhalgh1 wrote: |
The Twin TL is made by Cosina and apart from the name has no relation or similarity to the German original so is irrelevant. |
The Twin TL shown above has the very bayonet the OP was asking about, and it was produced on behalf of and sold by the very company that had produced barely 1000 cameras of the Exakta Real: Igahee AG Berlin. It is one of the few SLRs his lens would fit to, and the information may very well be relevant to him
Apart from this, the contacts between Cosina and the German (West) manufacturer Igahee Kamerawerke (later Igahee AG Berlin) probably have started the long lasting cooperation between several German companies and Cosina, among them Zeiss. We all know that this is far from irrelevant.
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Irrelevant as it doesn't help the OP in any way to figure out how he can adapt and use his lens.
Go back to squinting at corners, you troll. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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D1N0
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 2483
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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D1N0 wrote:
A more practical strategy is to look for the Porst Color Relfex 50mm 1:1.8 It is the same lens also made by Cosina of course. It even has the same square rough ribbed focus ring (also seen on the Porst 55/1.4 of which there is also an Exaktar version. You could even put in the name ring of the Exaktar in it. It is m42 so no problems adapting. It has comparable swirly bokeh to the Helios 44-2 but the helios is rendering nicer.
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