Exa

"Exa" badge in 1957

The Exa is a 35mm SLR developed by Ihagee, and is a simple but reliable version of the Exakta. Despite of the slow maximal shutter speed even the Exa I cameras were well designed for ambitious amateurs since these cameras had exchangeable viewfinder units and were sold with lenses of Meyer or Zeiss. Later models had fixed viewfinders but faster shutters. Some early Exas had been made by Rheinmetall, some late Exas by Certo.

Models:

• Exa (original)
• Exa Rheinmetall
• Exa I
• Exa Ia

Exa (1961)

• Exa vx100
• Exa Ib
• Exa Ic
• Exa II
• Exa IIa
• Exa IIb
• Exa 500
• Exakta 500
• VX 200

pentaprism finder unit, mountable on several Exa SLR bodies

Bibliography

• Allinson, K. L. Exa Photography Technique And Practice. Morgan Publishing, 1965. ASIN B000S2ZNSY.

Links

• The Exa list by Exaklaus
• Exas on exakta.org
• The Exakta and Exa Pages in German
• Exa Gallery on exaktapages.com
• Exa camera and user manuals at www.collection-appareils.com by Sylvain Halgand
• Exa/Exakta section at Retrography.com by Simon Simonsen, Denmark
• http://www.orphancameras.com Instruction manual for EXA