Praktica
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Praktica was a brand of camera manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden in eastern Germany, within the GDR between 1949 and the German reunification in 1990. The firm Pentacon was divided in mainly two par
Praktica LLC with Pancolar 1.8/50 lens, the first 35 mm single-lens reflex camera with electrical diaphragm simulation between interchangeable lenses and camera body (1969)
Praktica EE2 SLR from 1977
Pentacon Praktica VLC2 with Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 20/2.8 mounted
Praktica BC1 from the early 1980s
M42 lens mount
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The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means t
Auto-Takumar 1:3.5 35mm
M42 adapters exist for many current lens mounts; here, a Pentacon 50mm M42 lens is mounted to a Canon EOS body.