Exakta RTL1000 SLR camera
Date: 1969-1973
Inventory Number: 2000-1-0016
Classification: Camera
Subject:
Maker: Ihagee Kamerawerk G.m.b.H. (founded 1912)
Supplier: Exakta Camera Co., Inc.
User: Herbert W. Levi (born 1921)
User: Museum of Comparative Zoology (founded 1859)
Maker: Ihagee Kamerawerk G.m.b.H. (founded 1912)
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Dimensions:
12.5 × 16.5 × 12.1 cm (4 15/16 × 6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
Material:
Accessories: manual and tripod adapting screw
DescriptionStandard-appearing early SLR camera body. Black leather and chrome steel body. Shutter trigger is on left side. Camera is protected by a black leather and plastic case. For manual, see instrument file.
* TYPE: 35mm eye-level single lens reflex.
* MANUFACTURER: Ihagee-Exakta Camera Works AG, Dresden, former East Germany.
* LENS: 50mm f/1.8 Meyer Optik with interchangeable bayonet mount, stops to f/16, focusing to 14 in.
* SHUTTER: Metal focal-plane with speeds from 8 to 1/1000 sec plus B, FPX sync, self-timer.
* VIEWING: Interchangeable eye-level pentaprism; interchangeable full focusing screen, central microprism, fine focusing collar.
* OTHER FEATURES: Mercury battery-powered CdS exposure meter, behind lens, measures entire picture area at full aperture or stopped-down aperture, accessory left-hand release shaft for external Exakta lenses with internal automatic release for current lens system, depth-of-field preview button.
* PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS: 5 5/8 in. long, 4 3/8 in. high, 3 5/8 in deep (front of lens to camera back) WEIGHT: 2 lb. 3 oz.
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* TYPE: 35mm eye-level single lens reflex.
* MANUFACTURER: Ihagee-Exakta Camera Works AG, Dresden, former East Germany.
* LENS: 50mm f/1.8 Meyer Optik with interchangeable bayonet mount, stops to f/16, focusing to 14 in.
* SHUTTER: Metal focal-plane with speeds from 8 to 1/1000 sec plus B, FPX sync, self-timer.
* VIEWING: Interchangeable eye-level pentaprism; interchangeable full focusing screen, central microprism, fine focusing collar.
* OTHER FEATURES: Mercury battery-powered CdS exposure meter, behind lens, measures entire picture area at full aperture or stopped-down aperture, accessory left-hand release shaft for external Exakta lenses with internal automatic release for current lens system, depth-of-field preview button.
* PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS: 5 5/8 in. long, 4 3/8 in. high, 3 5/8 in deep (front of lens to camera back) WEIGHT: 2 lb. 3 oz.
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SignedOn front of camera: EXAKTA RTL 1000
Inscribedroughly engraved on camera base: MCZ HARVARD UNIV. ARACHNIDS;
lower right corner of camera rear: MADE IN GERMANY (EAST);
on lens: Orestron 1.8/50 Meyer-Optik Görlitz 4683544;
inside and outside of case are marked in several places: Herbert W. Levi, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, 02138;
top rear of case is etched: LEVI MCZ HARVARD UNIV
lower right corner of camera rear: MADE IN GERMANY (EAST);
on lens: Orestron 1.8/50 Meyer-Optik Görlitz 4683544;
inside and outside of case are marked in several places: Herbert W. Levi, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, 02138;
top rear of case is etched: LEVI MCZ HARVARD UNIV
Historical AttributesUsed by Prof. Herbert Walter Levi, Professor of Biology, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St. Room 131, Cambridge, MA.