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Camera Maker: Exakta

Picture showing an Exakta shutter having the shutter curtains replaced
This article explains the technique I used to replace the shutter curtains in one of my aged Exakta cameras.
Exakta Varex IIb shutter repair and clean - shutter back in case for now
In this post I'm going to take a detailed look at the shutter used in the Exakta Varex series of cameras.
Exakta Exa version 4 - front view
This post is about version 4 of the Exakta Exa 35mm camera which was made by the Ihagee company in Dresden (which at the time was in East Germany) sometime between 1956 and 1959.
Ihagee Exakta IIa 35mm camera - front view
The Ihagee Exakta Exa IIa was a development of the Exa II camera and produced by Ihagee in the early 1960s.
Exakta Varex IIb shutter repair and clean - marking the tape position
A pictorial post showing how I repaired and cleaned the shutter in my Exakta Varex IIB camera
Exakta Varex IIb Strip Down - shutter extracted from case
A descriptive and pictorial post on removing the shutter from an Exakta Varex IIB camera.
I have several Exakta Exa cameras in my collection but this Exakta Varex IIa is the first of the 'top flight' Exakta models I've acquired.
Exakta Exa 500 shutter removed from body
This post looks at the process I needed to carry out when I fixed the slow speeds on my Exa 500 camera.
Exakta Exa 500 35mm film camera - front view with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
The Exa line of cameras was an entry level 35mm camera made by Ihagee in Dresden, which was started as a model for people who didn't want to go the the expense of the company's Exakta range.
Exakta Exa II shutter repair  - Film transport shaft
Showing how I repaired a sticking first curtain on my Exakta Exa II 35mm SLR camera
Exakta Exa II 35mm slr camera - flash sync socket
The Exakta Exa II was a camera made by the East German Ihagee camera company in the early part of the 1960s.
Exakta EXA 1 35mm SLR showing waist finder open from the front
The Exakta EXA 1 35mm slr camera was produced by Ihagee of Dresden in East Germany in about 1962.

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