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Jesito

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: Got my third EXA500 :)

Jesito wrote: I needed one in good shape to be able of looking inside how it works, so I got this one... Click here to see on Ebay Jes. _________________ Jesito, Moderator Jesito's backsack: Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250. Fixed Industar-50, , Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Pancolar 50mm, Volna-3, many Exakta lenses DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1 TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Petri 6x45, Nettar, Franka Solida, Brilliant SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S, Ricoh, Contax, Konica TC-X , Minolta 5000, 7000i, 3Sxi, EOS 500 and CX Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3 & C4, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret (many), Welta Welti-I, Kodak Signette 35, Zorki-4, Bessa-R & L, Minolta Weathermatic, olympus XA2 Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Canon Prima Super 105, Olympus XA2 and XA3 Compact Digital Olympus C-5050, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot A540, Nikon 5200, SIGMA DP1s, Polaroid X530, IXUS55, Kodak 6490, Powershot G9 and G10 CSCCanon EOS-M, Samsung NX100 and NX210, Lumix G5, NEX-F3

bob955i

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject:

bob955i wrote: Told you Exaktas were addictive Jes....

Attila

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

Attila wrote: Congrats! _________________ ------------------------------- Items on sale on Ebay Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject:

poilu wrote: great bargain Jes! and from a good shop _________________ T*

rick_oleson

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject:

rick_oleson wrote: Very pretty! Are you planning to keep all 3? _________________ I don't know what I want to be when I grow up

bob955i

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject:

bob955i wrote: If he's anything like me, then the answer's probably yes....

Jesito

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject:

Jesito wrote:

rick_oleson wrote:

Very pretty! Are you planning to keep all 3?

At least until I fix them... Smile

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Jes.
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Jesito's backsack:
Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250.
Fixed Industar-50, , Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Pancolar 50mm, Volna-3, many Exakta lenses
DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Petri 6x45, Nettar, Franka Solida, Brilliant
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S, Ricoh, Contax, Konica TC-X , Minolta 5000, 7000i, 3Sxi, EOS 500 and CX
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3 & C4, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret (many), Welta Welti-I, Kodak Signette 35, Zorki-4, Bessa-R & L, Minolta Weathermatic, olympus XA2
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Canon Prima Super 105, Olympus XA2 and XA3
Compact Digital Olympus C-5050, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot A540, Nikon 5200, SIGMA DP1s, Polaroid X530, IXUS55, Kodak 6490, Powershot G9 and G10
CSCCanon EOS-M, Samsung NX100 and NX210, Lumix G5, NEX-F3

Jesito

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject:

Jesito wrote:

bob955i wrote:

Told you Exaktas were addictive Jes.... Laughing

They are. After opening some, I love the design. To me these cameras are far better (and simpler) than any other camera I've seen the inside.
The EXA engineers took the clever decission of moving the curtains from top to down instead of left to right as commonly done. That means the curtain has to travel only 24mm instead of 36mm to fully expose a shot. So mechanics can be simpler and more reliable....
Also the fact that all the screws are RH makes things easier.

This is my seventh EXA, (taking into account the original EXA that Attila sent me to fix), and all models are great. A lot of work in the way but I'm learning a lot from them.

Jes.
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Jesito

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject:

Jesito wrote:

Attila wrote:

Congrats!

Thanks, Attila. Everyday I'm closer to fix the Original EXA Smile

Jes.
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Katastrofo

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject:

Katastrofo wrote: Congrats, Jes! Hope you can get one up and running! I still haven't shot a thing with the two I have, here's a pic of a mint condition (new cloth shutters and CLA): Not pictured is an old red hardbound book on Exakta cameras plus a bellows. And I have the Exakta 500, too, that I need to take out for a spin. Bill

Jesito

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject:

Jesito wrote:

poilu wrote:

great bargain Jes! and from a good shop

Thanks Poilu, I didn't have any feedback on this seller. I saw 99.9% of positive feedback and accepting Paypal, so I did bid. Nice to know it's a good seller, I'll tell you when the camera arrives if I keep or not the opinion about it. Wink

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Jesito

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject:

Jesito wrote:

Katastrofo wrote:

Congrats, Jes! Hope you can get one up and running! I still haven't shot a
thing with the two I have, here's a pic of a mint condition (new cloth shutters
and CLA):

Not pictured is an old red hardbound book on Exakta cameras plus a bellows.

And I have the Exakta 500, too, that I need to take out for a spin.

Bill

Wow Bill, a really pretty one!!

Jes.
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Farside

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject:

Farside wrote: Nice acquisitions, Jes and Bill. I muuust reesiiiist buying Exaktas... _________________ Dave - Moderator Camera Fiend and Biograph Operator If I wanted soot and whitewash I'd be a chimney sweep and house painter. The Lenses of Farside (click) BUY FRESH FOMAPAN TO HELP KEEP THE FACTORY ALIVE --- Foma Campaign topic - http://forum.mflenses.com/foma-campaign-t55443.html FOMAPAN on forum - http://www.mflenses.com/fs.php?sw=Fomapan Webshop Norway http://www.fomafoto.com/ Webshop Czech https://fomaobchod.cz/inshop/scripts/shop.aspx?action=DoChangeLanguage&LangID=4

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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:06 am Post subject:

Jesito wrote:

Farside wrote:

Nice acquisitions, Jes and Bill.
I muuust reesiiiist buying Exaktas...

Thanks, but resistance is futile.... Smile

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Laurence

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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject:

Laurence wrote: Please don't tempt me any further. Or....is it too late now? _________________ Assent, and you are sane; Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous, And handled with a chain. Emily Dickinson Cameras and Lenses in Use: Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5, CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus), Pentax 645, Flek 50, Pentax-A 150 Pentax-A 120 Macro Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8 Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten) Contax AX Yashica ML 50/2 Yashica ML 35/2.8 Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4 Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5 Tamron Adaptall 28/2.5 Tamron Adaptall SP 300/2.8 LD (IF)

bob955i

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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject:

bob955i wrote: @ Larry: I'll post some pix of some of mine in the gear gallery to help you decide....

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