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“East German Tank”

★★★☆☆

written by Connere388 on 08/11/2015

Ok, this is an old camera. Made from late 70s to early 80s. Uses 42mm screw lenses so lots of good quality cheap lenses to pick from. Uses stop down match needle metering, activated by the black level next to the front mounted shutter release. You soon get used to the slightly odd placing of the release, I found it quite logical. On the plus side it's easy to use and takes reasonable pictures, especially when paired with a decent lense. Film loading is also one of the best ever designs. One the down side, the shutter makes a solid ker-chunk -- no stealth photos with this baby! There can also be some shake unless held firmly. quality and reliability are also possible issues. Quality control was iffy at best. Pentacon lense shutters were prone to sticking if not serviced but the big bugbear was the electronic light meter which would fail and cost more than the camera's new price to repair. Pay a fiver or a tenner for one in good nick and take a chance. If you must have a 42mm camera then a Pentax SP1000 makes more sense, and if you want a straight manual camera then a Pentax K1000 or MX are both much better.

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“Praktica MTL 50 and other variants”

★★★★★

written by on 20/09/2012

The Praktica MTL 50 was the final fling in M42 screw thread cameras in was the most popular model around 1988- until The Early 90s many people don't know that Prakticas were built by hand by skilled workers who had vast experience in design and quality to compare a Leica to one is a bit churlish ans in fact photo=snobbery taken as an insult>The Pentacon Prime Lenses were in fact made by "The Best" Carl Zeiss Jena most were rebadged Pancolours or Tessars and Sonners The MTL 50 was unique by the fact of two arrow LED's to take care of any decrepencies over a match needle meter but basically they were all accurate and made on the same high quality standards I have just purchased a Mint MTL50 after 23 years as I bought one new in 1989 they are wonderful cameras to own and use and you are holding apiece of the legacy that Praktica-Pentacon left behind

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“This was made to last for ever ”

★★★★★

written by 4Jackie2 on 16/05/2012

I have used this camera for years and years to take pictures of and eclipse of the moon with all 3 lens added together and had to remove the 2 X lens as the moon was to big LOL I have a picture across a 100 year flood in the salt river and you can see the red light a mile plus away on a traffic light . . This is a rock solid camera !

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“Cheap camera, but with lots of possibilities, a good...”

★★★★★

written by jorisbens on 13/01/2008

Cheap camera, but with lots of possibilities, a good choice for an amateur photographer.

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“Using my second Prakica after 10 years away and I...”

★★★★★

written by biggles44 on 08/03/2005

Using my second Prakica after 10 years away and I realise what I'd been missing. Pentax make great SLRs, but it's nice to come back to the inventors of the pentax (HAH!) screw.

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“I own 3 35mm SLR cameras (Yashica 250-af, Yashica...”

★★★★☆

written by atticusblack on 12/02/2005

I own 3 35mm SLR cameras (Yashica 250-af, Yashica 230-af and a Praktica LTL-3). Although the Yashicas are newer than my Praktica, it's the LTL that I use the most. I prefer the all manual operation, and although a little heavy compared to more modern slrs, it feel well built and robust.
Lenses are cheap and readily availably from secondhand camera stores, I bought an 80-200mm zoom for £5 recently.
In summary, a great camera for those just getting into 'serious' photography or those on a budget.

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“Great platform for M42 screwmount lenses. They are a...”

★★★★☆

written by robot. on 22/02/2003

Great platform for M42 screwmount lenses. They are a great buy, if you get one not corroded by battery acid.

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“This review covers most of the Praktica Manual SLRs...”

★★★★☆

written by Guru. on 21/09/2002

This review covers most of the Praktica Manual SLRs built in the 1970s-80s. The models are all similar, some had lightmeters, some had selftimers, but were basically the same camera. No "bells or whistles", these were basic manual exposure, manual focus SLRs. I owned a NOVA II in 1985, which introduced me to "proper" photography. The shutter speed range was 1-1000th sec + B, the flash snyc. was about 100th sec. The standard lens was the fantastic Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm f-2.8, which was extremely sharp. The camera used the Pentax M42 screw lens fitting, which made for a large amount of available lenses. If you get one with a TTL lightmeter, you also get a Depth of Field preview. There was no provision for a motor wind (but do you really need it?). If you want to go back to basics, get one. Or, if you are starting out in photography and really want to learn, get one (or get two). I now have a LTL3 and a L2. I don't use them much, but they make a perfect back-up SLR system to my Nikons.

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66Aj's Response to 38822_Guru.'s Review

Written on: 08/03/2016

What you call the "Pentax M42 screw lens fitting" was actually introduced by Praktica long before Pentax knew what a camera was. Give credit where credit is due. The M42 is the Praktica screw mount.

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