139 - Ihagee West, Germany / Petri, Japan | EXA 35E

Ihagee West, Germany / Petri, Japan | EXA 35E Estimate: €500–600 Year: c.1976 Serial No.: 515222 Condition: A/B English: Unusual 35mm compact camera manufactured in Japan by Petri for Ihagee West, retaining the famous EXA name associated with the legendary German Exakta camera tradition. Based on the Japanese Petri Color 35 E, the EXA 35E represents one of the final attempts to carry on the historic Ihagee camera brand during the 1970s. Produced in very limited numbers (fewer than 400 cameras) and marketed primarily in West Germany. Equipped with an EXAKTAR 2.8/40 mm lens, it features automatic exposure control and a compact, distinctively styled metal body. An attractive and rare collector’s camera, particularly interesting as one of the last models to bear the historic EXA name, linking the celebrated German photographic tradition with Japanese camera manufacturing of the 1970s. German: Unusual 35mm compact camera, manufactured in Japan by Petri for Ihagee West, bearing the famous EXA name from the legendary German Exakta tradition. Based on the Japanese Petri Color 35 E, the EXA 35E represents one of the last attempts to carry on the long-standing Ihagee camera brand in the 1970s. It was produced in very small quantities (fewer than 400 cameras) and sold primarily in West Germany. Features an EXAKTAR 2.8/40mm lens, automatic exposure control, and a compact, strikingly designed metal body. An attractive and unusual collector’s camera, particularly interesting as one of the last models bearing the historic EXA designation, which links the German photographic tradition with Japanese camera manufacturing of the 1970s.