| Cavalier
SLR-III with Pentacon tower and small shutter release knob |
| Producer data |
| Producer |
Kombinat VEB
Pentacon Dresden |
responsible constructor |
Rolf Noack |
| production period |
December 1969 to December 1975 |
no of produced cameras |
as a part of Praktica L
serries of 278,731 |
| Technical properties of the camera |
| shutter type |
mechanically controlled vertical-moving metal-blade focal plane 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, 1/1000 |
| 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, auto-zeroing frame counter |
lens mount |
M42x1 |
| self timer |
none |
battery |
none |
| metering system |
none |
flash system |
X-synchronisation (1/125), accessory shoe at the top of the pentaprism |
| flash indication |
none |
aperture reflection into view finder |
none |
| general comments |
 | Version of the Praktica L for the US market |
| version with small shutter release knob and with Pentacon tower on pentaprism surface |
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| collection data |
| Hummel-No |
none |
Kadlubek-No. |
none |
| body no. |
345450 |
lens no. |
5295560 |
| lens type |
Pentacon auto 1.8/50 Multi
Coating |
purchase price |
750€ |
| advertising |
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manual |
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