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PRAKTICA MTL 5 35mm SLR Film Camera Body Only
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The Praktica MTL5, an East German SLR that employs through-the-lens stop down metering, was built like a tank in the early 80's by the VEB Pentacon company and has a graceful industrial feel to its design. With the m42 mount, sometimes called pentax screw or praktica/pentax mount, this camera can take a multitude of m42 lenses, some great, some mediocre. (The Pentacon lenses themselves are mostly average with a few standouts such as the 29mm f2.8 and the 100mm f2.8. But the Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, also East German, are truly outstanding. I recommend the 35mm f2.4 Flektogon as perhaps the best medium wide angle m42 lens ever. Of course Pentax Super Takumar lenses are excellent as well and there are others.) Praktica cameras have a funny way of loading film called the Pentacon loading system. Unlike the Canon Quick Load system the Pentacon system is not particularly easy to load with. But once loaded the camera transports the film without problem. The Praktica also has the shutter button in a funny place, on the front of the camera like an Exacta, but on the right instead of the left. Easy enough once you get used to it, and the stop down / meter switch is right above on the camera body so you meter and then release the shutter almost in one motion. The MTL5 takes the same battery as the Pentax Spotmatic F, the obsolete mercury-based PX625. Fortunately, there are modern replacements. I like this camera mostly because I like using an East German camera. It is simple to operate and makes excellent images. (I actually prefer the electric Praktica models. I have the PLC3 and VLC3. They provide open-aperture metering with electric lenses.) The Praktica is a heavy, funny-looking, idiosyncratic camera that is also a lot of fun. My advice is to buy from dealers in Czech Republic, Ukraine, Germany or Great Britain first. I have bought several partially working or non-working Praktica cameras from American or Canadian sources. There is much more to be said about the Praktica MTL5 but the best thing is to get one and use it. Then you will know.Read full review
In 1985, the year the Group launched Pentacon M42 last a body Praktica MTL50, 1989, Honecker of East Germany national leadership to step down, the end of the year Pentacon Mtl50 production. M42 from the Zeiss Ikon launch in September 1949 the Contax S, late November after the birth of KW's Praktica also, of course, long before the two to merge into Pentacon (with a five-prism conatx), after the M42 Flourished in the world, almost most of the world famous or not so well-known camera and lens manufacturers have produced more or less M42 equipment, photographic equipment, of course, with each passing day, M42 gradually fade out of sight, 1985 Pentacon introduced between the years -1989 L series of the fourth generation and last generation of the body, such as MTL5, MTL5b, MTL50 and other models, in Hummel's Dresden Pentacon camera directory number 50 is the last of the M42 body. 50 L body shape continues the series of consistent style, quite satisfactory, boxy, not a shred of excess, like a piece of tile in general, to 80's point of view, still slightly out of date, of course, can be said to be retro . Although the M42 is the last of a body, 50 L series of technical performance and compared to the first generation of the fuselage, there is little improvement, a top shutter 1 / 1000, 10-second self-timer, there is no aperture priority, shutter priority no, no Exposure lock, all the settings are manual, metering mode to shrink the aperture photometry, the body does not use e-DTL similar contacts to achieve full metering. Pentacon the bottom of the fuselage, together with the make democracy in Germany in the near future are to disappear from this world together, and East Germany into Germany East, Pentacon into Schneider Dresden. The Px28 6v battery meter battery can also be set using the four LR44 batteries replaced within the appropriate metering viewfinder display from one of the hands into two lights. The film is two wire, this is a unique PARKnSHOP been referred to as rapid poorly at the device, the shutter is a mechanical structure steel shutter, does not require any batteries, the L series have adopted this body Shutter vibration is very large, the body does not use the internal damping foam, this clean-up the aging of the Japanese camera sponge is a very hard thing. MTL50 can be said that a full manual camera slightly out of date, perhaps the old-fashioned German people, the camera is the only way to make people understand the true meaning of photography. Pokka M42 1989 production ended, after the Berlin Wall fell, East Germany has become a historical term, Pentacon forced bankruptcy, Dresden, ending 100 years of history of camera manufacturing, end of an era.Read full review
I like the control layout. One large dial for speed selection. DOF preview/meter switch in the same button right next to speed dial. I like the all-metal construction, all-mechanical (non-battery dependant) operation. Easy and reliable metering sistem, non voltage dependent. Easily calibrable. Excellent lens availability. Easy film loading. Good light seals with only one little closed-cell foam patch. The truncated microprisms on these things are great. The sound!!! You have to prime and fire it to belive!!! I dislike not being a Nikon :) It doesn't have any finesse, all angles are razor sharp, it lacks grip confort, viewing screen is dim, mirror is loud with no damping, there was no provision for motor wind and it's strictly closed-aperture metering. That being said, you'll be hard-pressed not to like one of these. It'll feel solid, durable and intuitive to use as only a modern tank can be. These MTL5 and 50 are the culmination of dozens of prior upgrades to the "L" family of Prakticas. There are the last macho, combat-zone, SLR ever made! :DRead full review
Classic film camera from the German Democratic Republic... If you want a great camera to help better understand photography this is a top camera. It's a 35 mm film camera and is photo taking probably with more understanding. Totally recommended
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