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The Rare Exakta VX IIa V. 4 and Some Lenses from Gary Cullen's Collection Oct 18, 1996 This morning the postman brought me a big envelope from Canada...

I opened the envelope and I found some interesting photos. The first one (me and Gary with the rare Ihagee Jr in our hands) has been by Karoline Cullen while we was near Genova, in Santa Margherita. Gary and Karoline planned a trip (Paris, Michel Rouah, Nice, Clement Aguila, Florence, friends) so I was lucky to meet them between Nice and Florence. Gary wrote few lines on the back of the photos. I use them as titles. Exakta VX IIa, Version 4 The Exakta Varex IIa Version 4 is a very rare camera in Europe You can tell the "Varex IIa" was hammered down. The front plate was then engraved and the re-chromed with a course matt plating. Back side of IIA. You can still see the "Varex IIa". Early Exa This camera has no serial number. Why? Aero-Extar 178mm 1/2,5 Xenar 240mm 1/5,5 Voigtlander Zoomar IIa with 75mm 1/1,9 Primoplan Imposters! The Exakta Astraflex and The Exakta Real from Gary's Collection The Exakta Circle Great list of links to photo related pages Christie's South Kensington Auction Results Back to the index The Tourtuos Path Towards a Camera Collection Kine Exakta Celebration Exa, from 1950 to Exa 500 The Dresden Museum's Rare Cameras Click here to reach Classic Collection You are the visitor number or something like that since Nov 27, 1996 (The Exakta Pages have been visited 3600 times between Jun 26 and Nov 26, 1996) Page made Oct 20, 1996 Updated Nov 23. 1996