| Cavalier
SLR-II |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
VEB
Pentacon Dresden Kamera- und Kinowerke; since January 1968 Kombinat VEB
Pentacon Dresden |
responsible constructor |
Herbert Welzel |
| production period |
April 1967 to March 1972 |
no of produced cameras |
as a part of Praktica nova
I-series (136,400) |
| Technical properties of the camera |
| shutter type |
mechanically controlled horizontal-run
rubberised cloth-blind type shutter |
exposure time
(possible settings) |
B, 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15 1/30, 1/60,
1/125, 1/250,1/500 |
| view finder |
fixed eye-level view finder (Pentaprism)
with Fresnel lens and microprism range finder as focusing screen |
mirror |
instant-return mirror |
| film transport / frame counter |
quick-release lever, Pentacon
Loading-System, fold-out rewind crank |
lens mount |
M42x1 |
| self timer |
none |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
none |
flash system |
X- and F-synchronisation with
two flash coaxial sockets at the bottom of the front of the camera body |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into view finder |
none |
| general comments |
Cavalier version
of the Praktica nova I for the US-market |
| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
157a |
Kadlubek-No. |
KWE 1010 |
| body no. |
489406 |
lens no. |
8194023 |
| lens type |
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2.8/50 |
purchase price |
67€ |
| advertising |
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manual |
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