What's this weird Exakta lens?

[Arbitrarium]

Was browsing Exa stuff and found this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Camera-E...591754?hash=item3af374598a:g:S9MAAOSwG4lZ1lHM

A quick Google search didn't give any clues. It looks like the lens has shutter speed markings down the side. Am I right in thinking it has it's own between the lens leaf shutter?

 

[zuiko85]

The 35mm Curtagon was a shift lens for perspective control but it looks like this one has been modified, rather crudely, to be fixed at center position. The chimney finder looks like a hack also.

 

[mbf4755]

The chimney finder its standard. I have it, but use a 50ish mm viewing lens rather than the magnifier. It is shown about halfway down the page here:
http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/exakta/system-1969.html

 

[petronius]

Dont mix the Curtagon with the PA-Curtagon, which allows perspective control.
The shown lens is described here (scroll down) and seems to be a lens with a light meter coupling.

 

[mich rassena]

The chimney finder its standard. I have it, but use a 50ish mm viewing lens rather than the magnifier. It is shown about halfway down the page here:
http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/exakta/system-1969.html

Using a taking lens as a magnifier seems to be the weirdest thing about the Exakta system. Is it actually practical?

 

[Vince Lupo]

Yeah that's a light-meter lens, also called a 'cell lens'. It's missing the cell on top. Isco made them as well.

The prism is a magnifying unit (called a Magnear) -- interestingly it has the same Exakta lens bayonet as the camera body, so I suppose you could use a regular camera lens on it, as the magnifier lens was sold separately.

 

[Vince Lupo]

BTW here's a complete example of that cell lens: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Schne...905722?hash=item33dc83037a:g:5toAAOSwnHZYbxns

 

[farlymac]

BTW here's a complete example of that cell lens: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Schne...905722?hash=item33dc83037a:g:5toAAOSwnHZYbxns

That's a better deal! I'd read about one of these before, and find it interesting that Schneider made that cap so you could use the lens without the meter. Try finding one of those caps by itself.

PF

 

[mbf4755]

Using a taking lens as a magnifier seems to be the weirdest thing about the Exakta system. Is it actually practical?

Yes, it works well for photomicrography. I haven't used that set-up without a microscope.

 

[Arbitrarium]

Cheers dudes, hadn't considered that it was one of the metered ones sans the meter!