...candid shot with Exakta VX1000: http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p4037487.html
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 23. april 2004 21:36 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: Pentax history . a camera for lefties True. I guess I'm lucky to have a VX1000 that's actually working all right :-). Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 23. april 2004 18:58 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Pentax history . a camera for lefties Unfortunately it has two problems to be a "Classic German" camera, 1.) It was built in the USofA, (although most of the lenses were made in Germany), 2.) The shutter was so unreliable that the Germans would find some way to disavow it ASAP. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Wow I didn't know that. It appears though most people actually >used Exaktas hand held, not on a copy stand. With the shutter >release button, shutter speed dial and film advance lever all >on the left side, I have to use my left hand to hold the camera >body and control them, and my right hand to hold the lens >and control the aperture and focus rings. Perhaps a perfect >fit for Markus! Plus it is certainly a classic German camera >and still available today, and with all those German lenses, >Zeiss, Steinheil, Meyer, Enna, Schacht, Rodenstock, Isco, >Schneider... > >Yefei > >-----Original Message----- > > >>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:48:41 -0400 >>From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Pentax history . a camera for lefties >> >>Actually Exaktas are not really left handed. They were just designed to >>be used >>on a copy stand. So mounted they make perfect sense. >> >>-- >> >> >> > > > >
