• Exakta: a Personal Introduction — a brief introduction to the Exakta and Exa cameras
• Exakta Taxonomy: models, versions, and serial numbers — listed, annotated, and categorized along four different schemes
• The Exakta Gallery: pictures and remarks on all major models from my own collection
• A Quick Guide to Dresden Exaktas: models and major features at a glance
• Exa Taxonomy: a similar listing for the Exakta's little sister
• The Exa Gallery: pictures and remarks on some Exa line models
• Basic Exakta Finders: all hooded and prism finders made by Ihagee for Exakta and Exa
• Exakta Lenses: an article about lenses for the Exakta and Exa system
• The Exakta Lens List: a very incomplete (so far) listing of Exakta lenses
• The Travemat metering prism and the camera that came with it, including the personal story behind
• Macro Accessories: extension rings, macro bellows, magnifying finders and more
• A retrofitted Exakta II: a vivisection of, and the story behind, a strange Exakta II with a fixed prism
• Exakta System Accessories, 1969: based on a 1969 Exakta catalog
• Re-skinning your Exakta: how to fight the green goo deposits on camera back, and to replace the leatherette, if needed
• Books and Web links: a selection of available reference sources.

An Exakta II *2.2 of 1949 (#668119, retrofitted with a prism!) with the ultimate Exakta lens: the 1.5/75 Zeiss Biotar of 1950 (#5892835).
(Click on the picture to see a larger version.)

Note: in all my Exakta pages, clicking on (almost) any picture will bring up a larger (XGA) version of the same image.

All pictures (unless stated otherwise) show items from my collection, and were taken with Olympus E-10, E-20, C-5050Z, and C-5060 digital cameras.