| Praktica
V FB |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB Pentacon Dresden Kamera- und Kinowerke |
responsible constructor |
Horst Strehle |
| production period |
January 1965 to January 1966 |
no of produced cameras |
6,315 |
| 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, 1/4, 1/8, 1/30, 1/60,
1/125, 1/250,1/500 |
| view finder |
fixed eye-level view finder (Pentaprism)
with with Fresnel lens and split image range finder as focusing screen, red signal on screen after shutter release |
mirror |
instant-return mirror (!) |
| film transport / frame counter |
knob film advance, loose film take-up
spool (plastic), manual frame
counter, divided rewind knob as fold-out lever for rewinding, rapid winder at
the camera bottom |
lens mount |
M42x1 |
| self timer |
none |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
exposure meter, uncoupled
selenium cell at the pentaprism front, needle next to the rewind knob |
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 |
 | version with knobs
for the straps |
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| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
148 |
Kadlubek-No. |
KWE 1271 |
| body no. |
903833 |
lens no. |
10328411 |
| lens type |
Tessar 2.8/50 Carl Zeiss Jena
DDR |
purchase price |
58€ |
| advertising |
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manual |
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