COLUMBIA 35

COLUMBIA 35 (export version of Praktica FX, second variation, flash socket at the middle)

Producer data

Producer

VEB Kamera-Werke Niedersedlitz

responsible constructor

Siegfried Böhm

production period

June 1954 to September 1954

no of produced cameras

as a part of Praktica FX-series (11,300)

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

one coaxial flash socket at the front of the camera body for X-synchronisation (approx. 1/40s)

flash indication

none

aperture reflection into view finder

none

general comments

	export variant of Praktica FX for the US-Market for Burke & James Inc.Chicago, Illinois
	original brand name was grounded and than replaced by a brass-badge with "COLUMBIA 35" + at the basis of the badge "BURKE & JAMES, INC, CHICAGO, ILL."
	variant with flash socket in the middle of the left front side of the camera (Hummel 128 - socket at the bottom)
	Carl Zeiss were sandpapered from the lens