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PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:31 pm    Post subject: EXA II Reply with quote

Yesterday on the flea-market. Bought for little money. Lens like new:



Lens was built 1956 to 1963 (model no. 2) and was the standard lens for that camera. It's a Cooke triplet 3/3 design.
Camera serial dates to 1959. Camera is rather forgettable (at least for my taste).

Actually I've bought it only for the lens. Wink


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cute camera. I bought a Exa 1a yesterday too, with a Meritar 50 f2.9 too!


PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

antico wrote:
Cute camera. I bought a Exa 1a yesterday too, with a Meritar 50 f2.9 too!

Congrats


PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 6:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice! Congrats


PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The meritar triplet has similar rendering like the domiplan?


PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

papasito wrote:
The meritar triplet has similar rendering like the domiplan?


Sorry, I don't know as I don't have a Domiplan. The Meritar delivers acceptable center sharpness and rather weak corners. That's all I can say for now.
My first test pictures with this lens are not very promising. Wink
However, I tested only for sharpness so far.


PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have both Meritar and Domiplan - I'll try to do some comparison pictures and show them, but it might be a few days before I can get to it.


PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

scsambrook wrote:
I have both Meritar and Domiplan - I'll try to do some comparison pictures and show them, but it might be a few days before I can get to it.


Thank you Stephen.

My guess is that they will perform quite comparable. At least the main characteristics should be quite similar (center sharpness/weak corners).
Somewhere (in a German forum) I've read that the Domiplan delivers a slightly softer bokeh.


PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 3:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks to both.

Nice to see the rendering at the Best apertures of the two lenses, at f/11.

Which will do the goal?

I guess the domiplan win.