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Exakta TL-500
Specifications, film and matching parts.
- Type
- SLR camera
- Film
- 35 mm
- Battery
- PX625 · meter only
All batteries for Exakta
Camera
- Type
- SLR camera
Film
- Film
- 35 mm
- Frame size
- 24 × 36 mm
- Film speed
- ISO 25–1600
Lens
- Lens mount
- M42
- Focusing
- focusing screen
Shutter
- Shutter
- Horizontal cloth focal-plane shutter, mechanical
- Shutter speeds
- 1 s – 1/500 s, B
Exposure
- Metering
- TTL metering (CdS)
Battery
- Battery
- PX625 · meter only
All batteries for Exakta
Without a battery, the mechanical shutter still works; you just lose the light meter. [2]
To take a meter reading, hold down the stop-down button and turn the aperture ring until the needle sits in the circle in the viewfinder. [1]
Sources
- Exakta TL 500 Bedienungsanleitung, englische, deutsche und französische Ausgabe
- Kamera-Museum Scholz: Exakta TL 500
Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know
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