| Praktica
FX, service version |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB Kamera-Werke Niedersedlitz |
responsible constructor |
Siegfried Böhm |
| production period |
Oktober 1956 to June 1957 |
no of produced cameras |
approx. 300 |
| Technical properties of the camera |
| shutter type |
mechanically controlled horizontal-run
rubberised cloth-blind type shutter with twin settings for fast and slow
speeds |
exposure time
(possible settings) |
B, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100,
1/200,1/500 |
| view finder |
interchangeable
view finder (Pentaprism, waist-level finder) with fixed condenser type ground-glass focusing screen,
simple sport view finder |
mirror |
no instant-return mirror |
| film transport / frame counter |
knob film advance, loose film take-up
spool (metal), manual frame
counter |
lens mount |
M42x1 |
| self timer |
none |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
none |
flash system |
X- and F-synchronisation with
two flash coaxial sockets at the front of the camera body |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into view finder |
none |
| general comments |
 | service version of Praktica FX, third variation (Hummel 129) only
with modified interchangable view finder system and modified camera bag,
but without self timer (original Hummel 131) |
| Prism Carl Zeiss Jena No. 37711 |
|
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
131A |
Kadlubek-No. |
none |
| body no. |
142505 |
lens no. |
3883973 |
| lens type |
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2.8/50
T |
purchase price |
55€ |
| advertising |
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manual |
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