User:Filip Natalie/sandbox

Praktina II A is an analog camera produced in eastern Germany in Dresden by VEB Kamera-Werke between June 1958 and May 1960. It was a proposition for the advanced amateur. Model is a 35mm SLR (Single Lens Reflex) with prism. Focal plane shutter, metal, vertical motion. Metal construction gives the impression of solid, even indestructible. It was very popular camera in the early 60s. It was introduced as a slightly improved version of earlier Praktina.

Shutter speeds B, 1/1, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/200, 1/500, 1/1000. Sync to a lamp for 1/125s Technical properties of the camera Camera has variable viewfinder elements (pentaprism, waist-level finder) with variable field lenses including elements with split-image range finder, but it doesn't have an instant return mirror. As for the film transport and the frame, the counter camera has knob film advance, loose film take-up spool, manual frame counter. It's usually equipped with Carl Zeiss lenses with 8 settings of the diaphragm and zoom from 15 to 0,5 feet.