Gagarin camera

Definitively Gagarin has an Exakta in hands

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Gagarin's space flight was 1961. Why is a Zorki-3 from 1955 shown here?

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Lenny</i>
<br />Gagarin's space flight was 1961. Why is a Zorki-3 from 1955 shown here?
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Lenny,
Zorki-3 has nothing to do with the first space flight. It was simply Gagarin's first camera [:D]

Regards, Alexander

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<br />It was simply Gagarin's first camera
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Hi Alexander,
I'm sure Yury started with a Smena. Why is there no Smena-Yura?

Bakelite cameras are more difficult to engrave [:)]

Regards, Alexander

Lenny,
what do you mean with "I'm sure..."? Do you have any documents about it?
Smena was not the only camera to start.

Regards, Alexander

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what do you mean with "I'm sure..."? Do you have any documents about it?
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Alexander, look at the picture. If Yury would have a Zorki in his hands, he would have his right hand on the shutter-button, always ready to shoot, and his left hand to focus. But here it's opposite. Yury has his right hand on the lens. Seems he was used to do that from shooting with his Smena.

To shoot pictures with Smena with the left hand on the shutter-button?! It seems to be something new for Smenas.
Newertheless he helds the Exa in his hands, and Exa has the shutter-button on the left side, so you have to shoot with the left hand.

P.S. In case of photo cameras I believe only documents. The rest is a product of our fantasy. We can discuss it with each other, but we cannot proove our theories. Only historical documents can help us to find the truth.

Regards, Alexander

To shoot with a Smena you have your right hand close to the lens, because the shutter-button is there. All I'm saying is, you always hold a camera like you are used to it after hours of practise. It just seems to me, Yury wasn't used to shoot with that camera on the picture, because you always keep a finger ready to shoot.
But besides that, I don't know where the shutter button is on an Exa.