Praktiflex,
1st generation - 3rd model
Red B, thick name engraving |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
Kamera-Werkstätten Charles A
Noble Niedersedlitz
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responsible constructor |
Alois Hoheisel |
| production period |
August 1939 to November 1939 |
no of produced cameras |
approx. 900 |
| Technical properties of the camera |
| shutter type |
mechanically controlled horizontal-run
rubberised cloth-blind type shutter |
exposure time
(possible settings) |
B,
1/20, 1/30, 1/50, 1/75,
1/100, 1/200, 1/300,1/500 |
| view finder |
fixed waist-level view finder with condenser type ground-glass focusing screen (´Stevens Screen´) |
mirror |
instant-return mirror |
| film transport / frame counter |
knob film advance, manual frame
counter |
lens mount |
M40x1 !! |
| self timer |
none |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
none |
flash system |
none |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into view finder |
none |
| general comments |
 | large film advance knob (diameter ~25mm) |
| rewind knob (diameter ~24mm) |
| image counter on top of the film advance knob |
| relatively thick gravure of Praktiflex |
| red B |
| black leatherette |
| on camera back, internal (last picture) with label "Kamerawerkstätten
Dresden Niedersedlitz" |
| earliest one, I know |
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| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
073 (Schulz-version:3) |
Kadlubek-No. |
KWE 0215 ??? |
| body no. |
1112 |
lens no. |
1446373 |
| lens type |
Schneider Kreuznach Xenar
f:2.6 F=5cm |
purchase price |
1000€ |
| advertising |
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manual |
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