Praktomat duplicator

35mmuser

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• Aug 21, 2017

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View attachment 185322 View attachment 185322 hello. New to this forum.
I found a Praktomat 35mm thing that looks like a duplicator. It's a wooden box with a 35mm housing and light on it. Anybody know what this does? Anybody heard of Praktomat? Can't find it on the net.

 

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• Aug 22, 2017

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Welcome to Apug!

The name seems originating in a german speaking country.

 

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• Aug 22, 2017

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I do believe that is a slide duplicator for making contact prints from negatives. Place the negatives on bottom, emulsion up and, in total darkness, the positive film (in the magazine) emulsion down in contact and press the button. I assume there is a set of registration pins somewhere above or below the printing aperture, but the photos are not detailed enough to see.

 

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• Aug 24, 2017

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as agx said, welcome to photrio... (agx is sooo retro!)

 

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• Aug 24, 2017

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Thank you, James!

Concerning the Praktomat, more and better photos would be great.