Re: Pentax history . a camera for lefties

[Peter J. Alling]

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

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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.

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