FX56 (Praktica FX)

FX56 (export version of Praktica FX)

Producer data

Producer

VEB Kamera-Werke Niedersedlitz

responsible constructor

Siegfried Böhm

production period

unknown

no of produced cameras

as a part of Praktica FX-series 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

	export variant of Praktica FX for the US-Market
	original brand name "Praktica FX" was grounded and than replaced by a brass-badge with "FX56" at the front side and with "FX55" at the back side
	"Germany USSR Occupied" at the bottom leatherette