| Contica
(Praktica, third
variation, export variant for the US market) |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
OPTIK Kamera-Werkstätten
VEB Niedersedlitz |
responsible constructor |
Siegfried Böhm |
| production period |
March 1952 to August 1952 |
no of produced cameras |
as a part of Praktica series
(3rd variation, 13,370) |
| 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, 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 |
 | export variation of the Praktica (3rd variation) |
| camera relabelled by a unknown seller possibly from the US |
|
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
085a |
Kadlubek-No. |
none (analogous to KWE 1170) |
| body no. |
58889 |
lens no. |
1210329 |
| lens type |
Meyer-Optik Goerlitz - Primoplan 1:1.9/58
V |
purchase price |
210 € |
| advertising |
|
manual |
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