Just incidentally, a friend of mine is an expert Exakta repairman, and that includes the Exakta 66. Miles Upton, in Springfield, Missouri, usa, e-mail: exaktaphile@xxxxxxx I will try to see if he'll look into a Praktisix. P.J. Nebergall On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:45:02 -0700 (GMT-07:00) mak@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I have and enjoy a Kiev 60 TTL I used to import hundreds of them and > find them a funky but very satisfying camera to use. The Praktisix > has a weaker advance mechanism. All else is the same. Perhaps > someday I will find a cheap Exakta 66...buy one...lots of fun great > brokeh Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Decher <Jan.Decher@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Sep 15, 2005 7:52 AM > To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Praktisix - ugly duckling or capable MF? > > Peter: > I was interested in the Praktisix too. I find it the most > attractive > of the Praktisix-Pentacon Six-Exakta 66 lot. Albeit the one I won > on > EBAY a year ago was in terrible shape internally and THE expert on > the > subject, Carsten Bobsin in Berlin (praktisix@xxxxxx) told me that > unfortunately the Praktisix is the least reliable of the lot. > Serious users of the camera like the German zoologist Prof. Grzimek > typically went through several bodies in a short time in order to > keep > shooting. > I might still buy a clean one some day just for it's looks and to > get > the sharp Biometar. > Jan > > On Thursday, September 15, 2005, at 03:02 AM, FreeLists Mailing List > > Manager wrote: > > From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx> > > I just picked up a Praktisix, which is a > Kamera-Werkstatten/Pentacon > > 6x6 > > slr resembling an Exakta 66 crossed with KW's 35mm Praktina. > Shutter > > is > > FP, and lens is a postwar, coated CZ-Jena Biometar (a Biotar > variant?) > > 80mm 2.8, #5594711. Will see if it remotely compares with 80mm > 2.8 > > Tessar on Super Ikonta -- not likely! > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list