| Praktica FX, black
characters |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB Kamera-Werke
Niedersedlitz |
responsible constructor |
Siegfried Böhm |
| production period |
September 1952 to February
1954 |
no of produced cameras |
29,532 |
| 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 |
fixed waist-level view
finder with 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 three flash contacts at the front of the camera body |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into
view finder |
none |
| general comments |
technically comparable with
Praktica (3rd modification, Hummel
085) |
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
125 |
Kadlubek-No. |
KWE
1520 |
| body
no. |
114741 |
lens
no. |
1333786 |
| lens
type |
Meyer-Optik Görlitz
Primoplan 1:1.9/58 V |
purchase price |
35$ |
| advertising |
|
manual |
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