854894

1966 Ihagee Exa 500 Camera #854894

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1966 Ihagee Exa 500 Camera #854894
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td><em> Vintage Dresden Quality</em></td></tr><tr> <td width="100%"> An Ihagee Exa 500, fitted with Meyer-Optik Görlitz 50mm f2.8 Auto Domiplan lens. Made around 1966 in good over all condition all bar minor wear from use. Shutter speeds ½ sec to 1/500 +B. The shutter still works but the slower speeds are dragging a fair bit now, so although as far as I can see there is no reason why it couldn?t be used to take pictures, the faster speeds, the IR mirror and wind-on mechanism seem to be working fine, obviously it would need servicing if one wanted to use it as a fully versatile SLR camera. However it is mainly being sold as a vintage collectable camera primarily for display rather than heavy use and for that purpose it is in my opinion a nice lightly used example and fits the bill perfectly. The lens looks nice and clean with no scratches or mould and comes complete with front lens cap. This camera also comes with its original Black leather case with Ihagee emblazoned on the front, this case shows some wear from use but is not heavily worn and is cosmetically in pretty good condition for its age. These Exa and Exakta cameras of the 1950s and 60s were quality cameras in their day and directly descended from the first Single Lens Reflex 35mm camera the Kine Exacta which was developed by Ihagee in 1936 and with the increasingly rapid demise of film photography in favour of digital plastic these vintage cameras are becoming highly collectable and are IMO likely to increase sharply in value in the coming years., as the days of "steam" photography and ...
<a href="http://www.goantiques.com/liveauction/complete_description.jsp?id=1223490" target=_new><b>View Complete Description</b></a> </td></tr><tr> <td> </td></tr><tr> <td>Reference #: AMA163</td></tr><tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr><tr><td>Year:1966</td></tr><tr><td>Country:Germany</td></tr><tr><td>Maker:Ihagee Kamerawerk Dresden</td></tr><tr><td>Height:4.25</td></tr><tr><td>Depth:3.6</td></tr><tr><td>Width:5.5</td></tr><tr><td>Weight:950g inc case</td></tr><tr><td>Title:1966 Ihagee Exa 500 Camera</td></tr><tr><td>Materials:Metal, Glass, Leather, Plastic</td></tr><tr><td>Type:SLR Camera</td></tr><tr><td>Location:Cardiff , United Kingdom</td></tr></table>