Friday, 29 June 2012

Another Exakta

You might have thought one Exakta that does not work very well was enough, but I have always wanted a Varex IIa. Now I have one!
This one, although it looks quite good here has fungus in the lens and pinholes in the shutter curtain. These are the pinholes:
I have heard on the Exacta web site (www.ihagee.org) you can repair these with 'liquid electrical tape' which is a sort of flexible rubbery goo. I've got some (from Amazon) and will try it out.
I'm not very hopeful this will work but there is nothing to lose. Any photos I take with the shutter like is it will  have a lot of light leaks I think.





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