| Praktica
Modell III ("FX2") |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB Kamera-Werke Niedersedlitz |
responsible constructor |
Siegfried Böhm |
| production period |
August 1955 to February 1956 |
no of produced cameras |
13,985 |
| Technical properties of the camera |
| shutter type |
mechanically controlled horizontal-run
rubberized 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 |
modified knob for film advance,
film take-up
spool (plastic), manual frame
counter |
lens mount |
M42x1 |
| self timer |
none |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
none |
flash system |
X- and F- synchronization with
two flash coaxial sockets at the front of the camera body |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into view finder |
none |
| general comments |
 |
version with two flash sockets (analogue to FX 2 1st variation) |
| without internal aperture release |
| lens manually "modified" C.Z. and essar from Tessar painted
over by black varnish (sold in Switzerland) |
|
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
132 |
Kadlubek-No. |
none (KWE 1180) |
| body no. |
201696 |
lens no. |
4332354 |
| lens type |
T(essar) 2.8/50 (C.Z.) Jena |
purchase price |
45€ |
| advertising |
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manual |
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