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Re: [OM] Old 35mm

Subject: Re: [OM] Old 35mm
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:21:22 -0400
Thanks for that link.  Made in the USA?   Imagine, a 1941 system camera 
with (among many other things) VF diopter adjustment.  Lenses were 
coated, while Leica / Zeiss were not. Left hand film wind!  Way ahead of 
it's time AND a very unreliable shutter.  :-(
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On 9/15/2011 12:37:54 PM, Charles Geilfuss (charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx) 
wrote:
> I'd never heard of that model either John. Thanks for posting. More here:
> http://www.cameraquest.com/ektra.htm
>
> Looks to have been a very nice camera with a problematic shutter.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > I came across this recently from the 1970s. 2 sample print pages from my
> > dad's
> old Kodak B&W paper sample book (He was a Tech Rep).  Pictures
> > show front and back of the classic Kodak Ektra.  Originals are contact
> > prints on 8.5" x 11" AZO paper with NN surface.
> >
> > http://www.zuiko.com/Ektra_1.jpg
> > http://www.zuiko.com/Ektra_2.jpg
> >
> > Click on image for full size.
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> > John Hermanson  |   CPS, Inc.
> > 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
> > 631-424-2121  |  www.zuiko.com
> > Olympus OM Service since 1977
> > Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
> >

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