![]() ![]() Im amazed how having a dslr screen and being able to zoom in after shooting finally shows how well the lenses perform. My Carl Zeiss Jenna f2.8 50mm M42 lens has a new lease of life on my DSLR! The same is true for my Pentacon 135mm lens. The lenses are just as good as their M42 ancestors but usually much cheaper considering they are specific to the B system. This is a bayonet lens system with electronic shutter with cameras that range from fully manual to fully automatic. Towards the end of the days when Praktica made cameras they brought out the Praktica B system. They are certainly not quiet, which I like as I love it when people turn and look at the guy who obviously took a photo :D Never had a problem with them and they are the largest part of my kit. It’s a very professional-looking SLR with super fit and finish and simple match needle meter readout.I collect Prakticas, ever since I started shooting in the 90's as a kid. ![]() This is the 3rd generation of Praktica’s LTL series, and was in turn superceded by the sought-after MTL5, 50 and 5b, which have some electronic capabilities. Praktica MT元 Posted 5-11-02 This camera manual library is for reference and historical purposes, all rights reserved. Is there a camera manual library for MT元? All you do is line up the sprockets, wind on, and close the back. Like other Prakticas, it has what I think is an innovative film loading system (“PL”): the winding spool has two spring-loaded bars on it that clamp down on the film as it turns, just like the guard bar on a rollercoaster. What are the parts of the Praktica MTL 3?Ĭontrol Parts of the PRAKTICA MTL 3 1. One class mate had a neat, sleek SLR which looked rather impressive. Literally made in their millions in the old GDR (or East Germany as we knew it), Prakticas were relatively cheap and had a decent reputation for reliability. Pull the rewind button (2) up as far as it will go to unlock the back. How do you open the back of a Praktica BCA? ![]() How much is an old Praktica camera worth? It takes a single 1.35v PX 625 mercury cell without it, everything but the meter will continue to function. This metering system is the only battery-dependent system in the MTL 3. Metering and Viewfinder Backside of the MTL 3. This is the Praktica MT元 (variously spelled with or without a space), a pretty crude, and awesomely reliable, SLR camera, of which over eight hundred thousand were built from 1978 to 1984. ![]() (The modern day replacement for the obsolete mercury battery is the MRB 625, available from WeinCell and other manufacturers.) ![]()
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