What made me wonder was the size of the battery chamber
Probably an LLC or MTL battery chamber.
How about posting your results from your Praktica, good and bad experiences,stories etc.
Good cameras, bad cameras, experiences with lenses etc.
Within the L-family there were two versions of the self-timer offered/built: with triggering by the release button or by a button on the self-timer.
What are the benefits of one over the other?
I will @AgX l am fascinated with the architecture from the socialist period, and Belgrade has lots of it.
My LTL doesn't even have a self timer, which l found rather strange.
The MTLs have a split screen and a sync terminal on the side of the lens mount.Yes it seems that minor changes led to different name, l can't really find any differences betwenn LTL and MTL except for the leatherette or something insignificant.
There is an awful lot of versions, like the Minolta SRTs, also several models were sold under the banners of Revue, Porst, JC Penney, Cavalier & Hanimex.Was there any manufactuer who made more models? Likely all Praktica models ever produced will never be known.
@Helios1984 Thanks! I wasn't paying much attention to what l was taking photos of, l wanted to test the camera since l needed to recalibrate the meter, but they turned out nicely exposed. I just remembered, there was a website called prakticacollector and it's been up for ages, they may have listed all, or at least most of the models.
As an avid collector of L series cameras, I have never seen or heard of one that the shutter button triggers the self timer.Within the L-family there were two versions of the self-timer offered/built: with triggering by the release button or by a button on the self-timer.
What are the benefits of one over the other?
I exercise the self timers on my cameras every 6 months or so to keep them functional. I haven't shot film since the demise of local developers.The all mechanical L is probably my favourite.
Also about self timers, when was the last time you used the facility?
It must be over thirty years ago the last time I used it on a LLC.
Nice to see the thread is still running.
What is it with Praktica cameras and outsiders?
I agree, and more proof that the camera brand has no bearing on the art world's appreciation of the photograph. Or maybe the Praktica's bear trap shutter lends an impressionistic glow to everything it touches ; )I don't think the association is that surprising, particularly in a European context. Outsiders (by their marginal and sometimes precarious nature) may not have the inclination, and will almost certainly not have the money, to concern themselves with the "Leica glow." Likewise it isn't necessarily meaningful to them to consider which company has the best or most complete professional reflex system, for the true artist is immune from GAS and their needs are in any case usually more ascetic. Instead they'll look for something that's simple, available and affordable - but which is nonetheless good enough to be capable of fine results and gets the job done. The Praktica fits that bill quite well.
One photographer I follow who accumulated thousands of unique photographs from the 70s on his Praktica, claimed it blurred below 1/250 of a second owing to the shutter. I've only ever borrowed a Praktica, and that was many years ago, but still recall the shutter sounded like a town hall clock.What is a "bear trap shutter"? I found impressive shutter sounds at most different cameras.
"Bear trap shutter" would be rather appropriate though for an Exa.
maybe the Praktica's bear trap shutter lends an impressionistic glow to everything it touches ; )
Proving yet again that familiarity is worth more than most camera attributes.25 years and several attempts to convert me to Nikon....and I still use the BX20S more than any other film body.
I will @AgX l am fascinated with the architecture from the socialist period, and Belgrade has lots of it...
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