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Ihagee Jr Classification
Few of them were made. Here the survived Ihagee Jrs.
Help!
If some of you knows something about this camera, he must write!
Here you can find the body number, the lens number (all lenses are Ihagee Anastigmat ),
the owners, and, where you read yes or not, yes means that there is the red window sliding
cover on the back.
| Body
no. |
Lens no. |
Owner/Bought
in |
cover |
date |
| 413424 |
606071 |
MU / USA |
no
* |
|
| 413493 |
606089 |
RD / Germany |
no |
|
| 413518 |
607411 |
CT / Italy |
no |
10/01/33 Sunday |
| 413522 |
607451 |
MK / The Netherlands |
no |
|
| 413551 |
607433 |
HR / The Netherlands |
no |
|
| 413561 |
611129 |
GC / England |
yes |
10/03/33 Tuesday |
| 413598 |
607455 |
MR / Usa |
no |
|
| 413629 |
611169 |
MF / England |
no |
??/??/33 |
| 413632 |
611174 |
KR / Usa |
yes |
|
| 413634 |
611149 |
AD / England |
- |
|
| 418888 |
- |
KC / England |
- |
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And now we must
follow the instruction received by Gary Cullen,
12.02.1999:
- Instructions for checking mirror dates on the Ihagee JR. (and others)
It's been found that most of the prewar Exaktas have dates written in pencil on the back
of their mirrors. This could lead to a lot more knowledge of prewar Ihagee cameras in
regards to production if we collect enough numbers over time. Most dates are hand printed
on the lower back edge of the mirror and can be seen by sliding the mirror down a few
millimeters.
If the mirror has been replaced then there will likely be nothing there. Some cameras have
the date written higher up on the mirror and that requires a full disassembly of the
camera to remove the mirror. It's not known for sure what these dates mean but it is
believed to be very close to the date of manufacture. If anyone has any further
information about this please contact us!
PLEASE: only attempt this if you are confident you can proceed without damaging your
camera! If you do not want to attempt this yourself but want to know if there is a date on
your mirror I would recommend giving the camera with these instructions to a qualified
camera technician.
This is for the Ihagee Jr but is similar for most other VP Exaktas as well.
1) remove the 4 front lens mount screws and remove the lens assembly.
2) set the shutter to "Z" and open the shutter, to release the shutter you will
have to press down on the shutter lock release, it's the piece of thick wire sticking out
of the bottom of the mirror box just under the light baffle plate. (easy to see)
3) pull the mirror back to its down position with your finger, it will stay there. (it
will not damage the camera)
4) lift tabs on either end of mirror (see photo)
5) use the hook to pull the back of the mirror down about 5mm
6) look through the back at the exposed bottom edge of the mirror glass and check for a
date. The camera in the photo has the number on the bottom right edge (as viewed in the
photo) and it's 3/10/33. The serial number of the shown camera is 413561.
Good luck and BE VERY CAREFUL!
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* This is the message received by Miles Upton, who owns the earliest camera 413424 :
I notice two (or perhaps 3) things which are different from the other Ihagee Jr.'s (but I
don't have your experience with these rarities).
1. - No Sun and Moon on the hood (like an early A).
Perhaps the factory used no Sun and Moon logo on the early Ihagee Jr. since
there is already one engraved on the front plate of the camera?
2. - No guide or locking feature on the lens when pulled out. On the Exakta Jr.'s that I
own, you pull out and turn to lock the lens in place. This camera has no lock or guide
mechanism to prevent the lens tube from rotating.
The tube will rotate 360 degrees even when collapsed.
Perhaps this is the original design of the Jr. and the factory realized the difficulty of
using a lens without a tube that locks into place? I think the
problem was fixed very fast.
I'll inspect the lens mount to see if this feature is original (or perhaps a
part is missing) when I disassemble the camera to find the mirror date.
3. - Location of serial number on the lens mount.
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