Fun to see how the news media (and I was in it for 42 years) handles odd news on a slow day.
Was checking the Oregon situation and saw that Oregonlive.com had this story
http://www.oregonlive.com/geek/2016/02/watch_oregon_hikers_find_myste.html#comments
on a lost Exakta someone found hiking in a stream.
You feel bad for whoever lost it -- judging from the condition I wonder how long it was sitting there, since the chrome should have rusted if it were there for more than a couple of years. The finder is a later model than was originally sold with that camera, too.
But the way the story tries to play up the "Soviet-era" connection -- was it a spy? -- is funny. And, no, it was not made just for left handers.
Most of the commenters aren't buying it, noting that Exaktas were sold all over the US. Some commenters mention "millions of Exakta copies" made in the west -- I have no idea what that is all about. Never seen one myself, except for the Exakta Real made in Japan, which was a different animal.
Interestingly, in the early 1980s Soviet arms observers were allowed to visit US military bases as part of mutual inspections, or something. One day I noticed a couple of guys wandering around downtown Ogden who had those boxy Exakta/Praktica-style never-ready camera cases slung around their necks, presumably with Exakta/Praktica cameras inside. We made inquiries and, sure enough, they were inspectors from Commie-land, wandering around our own town.
Anyway, someone found a nice paperweight.
Was checking the Oregon situation and saw that Oregonlive.com had this story
http://www.oregonlive.com/geek/2016/02/watch_oregon_hikers_find_myste.html#comments
on a lost Exakta someone found hiking in a stream.
You feel bad for whoever lost it -- judging from the condition I wonder how long it was sitting there, since the chrome should have rusted if it were there for more than a couple of years. The finder is a later model than was originally sold with that camera, too.
But the way the story tries to play up the "Soviet-era" connection -- was it a spy? -- is funny. And, no, it was not made just for left handers.
Most of the commenters aren't buying it, noting that Exaktas were sold all over the US. Some commenters mention "millions of Exakta copies" made in the west -- I have no idea what that is all about. Never seen one myself, except for the Exakta Real made in Japan, which was a different animal.
Interestingly, in the early 1980s Soviet arms observers were allowed to visit US military bases as part of mutual inspections, or something. One day I noticed a couple of guys wandering around downtown Ogden who had those boxy Exakta/Praktica-style never-ready camera cases slung around their necks, presumably with Exakta/Praktica cameras inside. We made inquiries and, sure enough, they were inspectors from Commie-land, wandering around our own town.
Anyway, someone found a nice paperweight.
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