Talk:Exakta

The article says: "some early Kine-Exaktas were incorrectly marked,Exacta" They were not incorrectly marked, those cameras were intended for the french and portugese markets. Further: There are also later cameras with the Exacta spelling, namely those that were made shortly after WWII as war indemnities to Russia.

More Trivia
I only saw it once, but if I am right, a bar-girl in the film "Schindler's List" uses an Exakta (older than my father's VX IIa) near the beginning, when Schindler is schmoozing a German officer.65.202.237.139 (talk) 19:07, 28 July 2010 (UTC)


 * It has been recorded (Richard Hummel and others who worked for Ihagee) that the pre-war Exactas (VP or Standard 127 rollfilm bodies and Kine or 135 small format) were so named for specific export markets but no specific reasons given as to why they thought the spelling important or if it was requested by agents in those markets. Post-war Kine Exactas (135 small format - popularly known these days as "35mm") were for war reparations and the spelling used (using surviving nameplates from the pre-war Kine Exactas) was so these items could be easily tracked or traced - in other words if a Kine Exacta was offered for sale in the West it would be apparent that it had come either from USSR or USA (and yes, war reparation production items, not just cameras and not just from Ihagee, were either shipped to USSR or allowed to be sold to USA and the resulting sale income given to USSR).

Mannikon (talk) 19:22, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

"1912 introductions" as category?
Isn't that wrong since not the Exakta was introduced in 1912 (it was introduced in 1933 for 6x6 and in 1936 for 24x36) but Ihagee was founded then. All information was found in the article.

--IOOI (talk) 15:25, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

In line references
Four of the main sources are recommended for further reading. Either, in fact all, could be referenced with every sentence. I have given it a try, though I am not convinced. Feel free to undo it! Ol hogger (talk) 10:47, 29 April 2022 (UTC)