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The New Elbaflex is a Nikon F Mount SLR That Takes 35mm Film

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11/10/2017
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Last Updated on 11/10/2017 by Chris Gampat

The Ihagee Elbaflex is the first new Nikon F Mount Film SLR camera that we’ve seen in a while

It’s time to get excited about film all over again; the new Ihagee Elbaflex film SLR is going to be launching next week on Kickstarter. This camera joins a number of other analog film related products that have been in the works. So what’s so special about the Ihagee Elbaflex?

Ihagee is one of those brands we’re seeing return from the dead. According to their website:

In 1942, the Nazis took over the company. Steenbergen, who was married to a Jewish woman, had left the country in time. At that time, production concentrated on war-related goods.

After the war, production resumed quickly and most of the cameras found their way into other countries. In 1966 the Dresdner Ihagee (East Germany) presented the Exakta Varex II b. But in 1969 the West-German high court ruled that all name rights were to be returned to Johann Steenbergen’s heirs. As a consequence, no more cameras from Ihagee could be sold in West Germay.

According to our rep who sent us an email, the Ihagee Elbaflex will have a fully mechanical shutter, flash sync speed of 1/60, eye-level SLR pentaprism viewfinder, weigh 690g and have a manual shutter dial with 1/2, 1/4, 1/8/, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 and B. And of course, the Ihagee Elbaflex will have a Nikon F mount. The camera is being manufactured in the Ukraine but is from a German company; apparently the same folks who do the Jena Biotar and Meyer-Optik lineup of products. They’re also claiming it will have a “very affordable price” and will have full support from a German repair center. Crazy, right?

The Ihagee Elbaflex is joining Reflex, Rezivot, and the Instant Film back for Hasselblad as some of the best analog style kickstarters that you can support right now. Unfortunately we don’t know a whole lot else about the Ihagee Elbaflex but it’s bound to be made of metal (or at least a plastic) and have some sort of analog appeal to it from the photos. I mean, look at that wooden handle!

For more news, you can head on over to the Ihagee website.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.