Exakta HS-40 (1983–1988)
The Exakta HS-40 is a 35mm SLR film camera produced from 1983 to 1988. Documentation on it is thin. No original manuals, period reviews or detailed technical specifications have surfaced in the research. The record does show that the HS-40 was made by Cosina, the Japanese manufacturer that built cameras for a wide range of brands in this era. That puts it in Exakta's late period, when the Dresden name had been licensed to third-party makers producing rebadged bodies for the budget and mid-range market.
Past its basic identity, the surviving record is mostly marketplace listings. The HS-40 shows up in European classifieds with 35mm film format and SLR construction confirmed. One listing on OLX.pt (Porto, Portugal) offered the camera at €80 with a bag, extra lens, lens hood and flash. A German kleinanzeigen.de listing asked €180-200 for the body with three different lenses. One bundled lens was an Exakta MC Macro 35-70mm f/3.5-4.8, which hints at the kind of kit the camera was sold with. No mount specification is documented.
A related model, the Exakta HS-10, appears in a Cosina camera list and in a classified ad. No source states the relationship between the HS-10 and HS-40. Whether they shared a body shell, mount or feature set is unknown.
If you own an HS-40 and can fill in the gaps - shutter speeds, lens mount, viewfinder type, battery - the archive would like to hear from you.
- Type: 35mm SLR film camera
- Years: 1983–1988
- Manufacturer: Made by Cosina for Exakta
- Known bundled lens example: Exakta MC Macro 35-70mm f/3.5–4.8
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