EXA Ia

[PWhite214]

Picked up an EXA Ia this weekend for $10.00

Everything seems to be working, I will load that roll of Plus X today.

Phil

 

[gsgary]

Bargain at that price

 

[limr]

Nice! Looks like it's clean, in good shape. I have a thing for waist-level finders on an SLR. I'm having fun with a new-to-me Praktica FX2.

We want pictures when you have 'em!

 

[Rick58]

These were made by Ihagee, and the underling to the Exakta. I've had two Exakta VXIIa's. They are all beautifully engineered machines. Nice find.

 

[cgw]

A fresh roll of Tri-X will run you half the purchase price.

 

[PWhite214]

That is true. The best price I have found is $95 for 20 rolls. I paid about $3 for the Plus X.
With the shutter speed max 1/125, I should have loaded a roll of Ilford Pan F

Phil

 

[PWhite214]

The top shutter speed is 1/175, wonder how the engineer decided on that.
I had shot a few frames during the week. This evening the overcast was breaking up, sun and blue sky peaking through. I stopped at a park along Sims Bayou and in a few minutes finished the roll of film. The negatives are drying now, I will contact print and scan this weekend.

Phil

 

[PWhite214]

The last 12 negatives, 25-36, are scanned and resized.

The images look a little fuzzy. I could blame the Domiplan lens, which is the 'cheap' kit lens, the curvature of the negatives, or most probably focus error on my part. I am happy to see that the camera works, exposures are pretty much on target. I have some other EXA mount lenses to try. I have ordered a Tamron Adaptall mount and a T2 adapter, should be fun to see how some of the other lenses perform on this camera. The adapters should be here the first week in January.

Merry Christmas to All,
Phil

 

[Rick58]

It could be lens flare from shooting into the sun? I'm also looking at the evenly spaced streaks on #1. It looks like you may have issues with your focal plane shutter

 

[PWhite214]

That could be. I will be shooting some more over the next couple days. I am going to load some 12 exposure rolls.

Thanks
Phil

 

[limr]

Those streaks along the bottom of the first frame? Look like a bit of bromide drag to me.

 

[PWhite214]

I need to scan the rest of the film to see if that shows up on any other frames. Thanks for the ideas, hopefully I can shoot some tomorrow.

Phil

 

[Torus34]

Enjoyed the info on the non-standard shutter speed. A few cameras over the years have had some that do not fit into what we've come to think of as 'normal' sequences. One is the Argus C-4 with its 1/300 second. I'm sure there are others.