Exakta 6×6 (horizontal)
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See also the 1953 vertical Exakta 66 and the 1986 West German Exakta 66.
Exakta 6x6 (1939), with Tessar 6.3/65mm Technische Sammlungen Dresden image by Danipuntocom (Image rights) |
The first Exakta 6×6cm model was released c.1938 by Ihagee in Germany. It makes twelve square-format pictures on a 120 film. It has interchangeable lenses, a waist-level viewfinder and a peculiar, very large film-advance lever built onto the base. There is a red window, used to advance a new film to frame 1. The cloth focal-plane shutter has a very wide range for the period — 12 seconds to 1/1000th plus B, set on two dials, and has Vacublitz flash terminals.
Contents
Lenses
Wide angle
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 6.5cm f6.3 - 4 elements
Normal
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 8cm f2.8 - 4 elements
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 8cm f3.5 - 4 elements
- Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 8cm f3.5 - 4 elements
- Ihagee-Exaktar 8.5cm f3.5 - 4 elements (produced by Schneider-Kreuznach]]
- Meyer Primotar 8.5cm 3.5
- Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 10cm f2 - 6 elements
- Meyer Primoplan 10cm f1.9
- Meyer Makro-Plasmat 10.5 f2.7 - 6 elements
Telephoto
- Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 13.5cm f4 - 3 elements
- Meyer Primotar 13.5cm f3.5 (advertised)
- Meyer Primotar 18cm f3.5 (advertised)
- Meyer Tele-Megor 18cm f5.5 - 4 elements
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tele-Tessar 18cm f6.3 - 4 elements
- Schneider Kreuznach Tele-Xenar 24cm f4.5 - 5 elements
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tele-Tessar 25cm f6,3 - 4 elements
- Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Xenar 30cm f5,5 - 4 elements
- Meyer Tele-Megor 30cm f5.5 (advertised)
- Schneider Kreuznach Tele-Xenar 36cm f5,5 - 4 elements
Links
- Pages of Hugo Ruys' Ihagee history site:
- Exakta 6×6 with military engravings
- German user manual (pdf format)
- The Ihagee page of Peter Lanczak's site features a picture and an advertisement for the horizontal Exakta 6×6
- Exakta 6x6 serial no. 554332, with 80mm f/2.8 CZJ Tessar, offered for sale at the 28th Camera Auction by Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 21 November 2015; several excellent pictures.