| Praktica
IV BM, wide white plastic border at selenium cell |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB Kamera- und Kinowerke
Dresden; since March 1964 VEB Pentacon Dresden Kamera- und Kinowerke |
responsible constructor |
Horst Strehle |
| production period |
March 1961 to March 1964 |
no of produced cameras |
26,140 |
| 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 eye-level view finder (Pentaprism)
with condenser type ground-glass focusing screen with
split image range finder |
mirror |
no instant-return mirror |
| film transport / frame counter |
knob film advance, loose film take-up
spool (plastic), manual frame
counter, rewind with special fold-out lever for rewinding, rapid winder at
the camera bottom |
lens mount |
M42x1 |
| self timer |
none |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
expose meter, selenium cell at
the pentaprism front, needle next to the rewind knob |
flash system |
X- and F-synchronisation with
two flash coaxial sockets at the front of the camera body |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into view finder |
none |
| general comments |
 | wide white plastic border at the edge of the Selenium cell |
| brown film reminder at rewind bottom |
|
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
144 |
Kadlubek-No. |
KWE 1231 |
| body no. |
610827 |
lens no. |
5762840 |
| lens type |
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2.8/50 |
purchase price |
60€ |
| advertising |
|
manual |
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