Praktica FX, 2nd variation, service version

Praktica FX, second variation, service version with some parts of FX2

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

interchangeable view finder (Pentaprism, waist-level finder) with fixed condenser type ground-glass focusing screen

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

undescribed version of Praktica FX:

	modified view finder system (not typically system for service versions of the FX)
	waist-level view finder stamped with 1Q and not with KW
	in the mirror box the camera show at the bottom the prepartion for the coupling mechanism for automatic or semiautomatic lenses, according to the FX2-series
	the knobs for film advance and frame counter are the FX2-series type
	camera number positioned in the film cartridge room
	pentaprism no. 13309