Praktica TL3

Praktica TL 3

Producer data

Producer

	Kombinat VEB Pentacon Dresden
	since January 1985 VEB Pentacon Dresden Betrieb des Kombinates Carl Zeiss Jena

responsible constructor

Rolf Noack

production period

December 1984 to February 1986

no of produced cameras

as a part of Praktica super TL 1000 series (1st variation) 81,699

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 with microprism and plain split-image range finder as focusing screen, built-in shutter speed meter with (+/-)-symbol

mirror

instant-return mirror

film transport / frame counter

quick-release lever (black), Pentacon Loading-System, fold-out rewind crank (black), auto-zeroing frame counter

lens mount

M42x1

self timer

none

battery

VARTA V 625

metering system

TTL-metering using stopped-down metering controlled by a switch beside the lens mount above the shutter release knob

flash system

X-synchronisation (1/125), accessory shoe at the top of the pentaprism, no coaxial flash socket at the camera body for dual flash systems

flash indication

none

aperture reflection into view finder

none

general comments

	smooth, unruffled leatherette with stampings
	Praktica super TL1000 (1st variation) version for the UK-market
	Mr. P.G. Rudolph (Hamburg, Germany), personal communication 2002, advise me that Hummel has some information's about a British reseller relabelled different Praktica's with admission of Pentacon, but Pentacon itself had no information's on the types and number of relabelled cameras, Caution: some collectors/dealers has the badges free available (personal communication with Mr. PG Rudolph and G Kadlubek)