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Arax Foto
This company run by Gevorg Vartanyan has an excellent reputation
for
customer service and the quality of its products. It is
located in
Kiev. Recommended.
Baier Foto
Rolf-Dieter Baier is a small, specialist manufacturer and supplier
of Pentacon, Exakta and Kiev equipment. He will reply to you
in English
(if you wish!) and delivers goods promptly. Baier Foto,
which is
based in Germany, can provide you with an adapter to enable the
Kiev 60
TTL prism to be used on the Pentacon Six and/or Exakta 66.
This is
MUCH brighter than the standard prism, and also shows the whole of
the
focussing screen, which the standard prism does not. Camera
and lens
servicing and other useful modifications and accessories are
available,
including a film advance control to solve overlapping frames, if correct
loading procedure or a service doesn’t cure a problem with
this.
Brenner
Fotoversand
Brenner Fotoversand is a large and in my experience very reliable
photographic
mail-order supplier in Germany. (They also have a shop near
their
warehouse.) They supply a wide range of Arsenal, Pentacon
and Exakta
Medium Format equipment, including Zorkendorfer adapters.
Commiecameras.com
A major English-language source for authoritative and detailed
information
on Pentacon and Kiev cameras and lenses.
e-Bay
This international marketplace is a good place to look for
Pentacon,
Exakta and Kiev cameras, lenses and accessories. Relatively
more
items come up from Germany than from other sources, but most items
are
illustrated, and many vendors can communicate in English at some
level.
“Buyer beware!” does of course apply with all auctions, especially
internationally
and via the Internet, but eBay do provide some guarantees that may
be helpful.
e-Bay USA e-Bay
UK e-Bay
Germany
German-language links (Webseiten auf deutscher
Sprache)
If you read German, you will find various websites with
information
on Dresden cameras. I regret that the link that I previously
gave
here, which had the internet address http://mitglied.lycos.de/kamerageschichte/
has at times not worked (for instance, in October 2007).
However,
in February 2008 this link was working again, and an internet
search will
give you others.
Kiev Camera
This company is run by Mike Fourman, who for many years has been
one
of the best sources in the USA for the newest and latest versions
of Kiev
cameras.
I also recommend:
The
Kiev Report
This discussion group is a place where everyone from beginners to
experts
meet and share information. No question is too simple or too
advanced
-- someone will usually provide an answer within a day or two.
Kievaholic.com
This website has information, pictures and on-line copies of
Arsenal
publicity brochures. Well worth visiting!
Pentacon
Who better to service and upgrade the Pentacon Six (and Exakta 66)
than the people who made it?! These people will also fit the
brighter
Rollei focussing screen, re-calibrate the TTL meter for it, and
fit a mirror
pre-release, if you want one. Their website doesn’t
currently seem
to include any information on the Pentacon Six and Exakta 66, but
they
do
still service these cameras. See the repairers
page on this website for contact details.
Rick
Denney’s lens tests
Visit Rick’s site to see beautiful pictures taken with various
cameras,
including some of these cameras and lenses. To see the
pictures,
click here
and navigate to the various links.
His website also reports on tests with several lenses, including
one
of the shift lenses not tested by me. To see these reports,
click
here
and navigate to the various links.
Roskam
Optics
Hans Roskam is one of the most respected European suppliers and
repairers
of Pentacon, Exakta and Kiev equipment. Based in Holland, he
is knowledgeable,
reliable and helpful.
SRB
SRB are specialist custom manufacturers of filter rings and other
camera
accessories. They made a very nice adapter ring for my 600mm
mirror
lens. They also worked with Tom Page and me to mount the
40mm Curtagon
lens in an Exakta 66 barrel. They have recently merged with
another
company, Griturn, and moved a short distance from Luton, England
to Dunstable.
Most of the original staff are still with them, plus of course the
staff
from Griturn, so the new firm does all that SRB did, and
more. Their
website address and telephone number have also changed, but the
link here
will take you to their new website.
www.fotowalser.de
Niclas Walser in Germany bought out the remaining stock of Exakta
66
equipment from the manufacturers when the model was discontinued
in October
2000. He now has few Exakta 66 items left, but it is worth
checking
his website just in case. He trades as
http://www.fotowalser.de and
on Ebay as nikke. (include the final full stop if doing a search
for him
on eBay)
You can of course contact me. My e-mail address is enquiries@pentaconsix.com
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