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    Praktica FX 3 - 1956 to 1958 Praktica IV - 1959 to 1966 Praktica IV B Praktica IV M Praktica IV BM Praktica IV F Praktica IV FB Praktica V F Praktica...
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    cameras first became well known under the Praktica brand, and thus the M42 mount is known as the Praktica thread mount. Since there were no proprietary...
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  • The Praktica IV is a 35mm SLR with M42 thread mount that was launched by Kamera-Werkstätten (KW) in 1959. The Praktica IV was based on the Praktina FX...
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    The Praktica EE2 was an important innovation of the 2-L generation. It was a camera with "fully electronic, full aperture TTL metering SLR" or "camera-computer"...
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    would use this bajonet mount for a time. This is quite similar to the Praktica design (which adapted it from Ihagee's product), the shutter-release of...
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    1990. Notable East German exports were photographic cameras, under the Praktica brand; automobiles under the Trabant, Wartburg, and the IFA brands; hunting...
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    pentagonal shape. Pentacon is best known for producing the SLR cameras of the Praktica-series as well as the medium format camera Pentacon Six, the Pentacon Super...
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    camera body. The Pentacon Six was imported into the U.S. as the Hanimex Praktica 66 by Australian distributor Hanimex. This was to get around U.S. laws...
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    Handbook of Machine Vision. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9783527610143. The M42 (Praktica) mount is sometimes referred to as a "P" thread. See, e.g., "Questar Corporation:...
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    An articulating screen is a built-in small electronic visual display which is not fixed, but rather can be repositioned using a hinge or pivot. The articulating...
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    screw-thread lens mount which was developed after World War II by Zeiss and Praktica. Asahi Optical used the name Takumar for their lenses. These were high-quality...
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    until 2000. 1949 Praktica until Praktica V 1964 Praktica Nova 1969 Praktica L with vertical metal focal plane shutter 1979 Praktica B with new bayonet...
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    Focusing screen on Praktica Super TL1000...
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    were produced from 1958 to the 1989, when production became part of the Praktica range. Several versions were sold as the Boots Beirette. brief history...
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    for the hybrid W8 cam). 12 mm DXG-5D8 cam and the clones Medion 3D and Praktica DMMC-3D. 15 mm Ararat Macro Beam Splitter for smartphones. 15 mm Hydrogen...
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  • Nihalsingha and the aid of the GDR was sought. The GDR donated 5000 35mm Praktica cameras along with 400-foot rolls of 35mm cine film and spare cassettes...
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    adapters include Leica Screw Mount, Contax G, C mount, Arri PL mount, Praktica, Canon, Nikon, and Pentax, amongst others. In fact, almost any still camera...
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    Focusing screen on Praktica Super TL1000...
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    Prism housing for Bronica ETR medium format cameras. A cutaway view of a Praktica L2 showing the pentaprism. In surveying a double pentaprism (two pentaprisms...
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  • United States Instant cameras and printers manufactured by Polaroid B.V. Praktica Germany Compact digital cameras Ricoh Japan Caplio and other compact digital...
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    mount, and redesigned its SLR camera line in 1962 to accept the Contax/Praktica M42 lens mount. The new SLR camera was introduced as the Penta J. In December...
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    which was already notable and would later create landmarks such as the Praktica, became a major international brand, employing 600 workers at the business’...
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    The concept proved successful, and through continuous development, the Praktica name became one of the most popular 35mm SLR brands for several decades...
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    / APS-C 1987– 47 64 Canon EF-S-mount 44.00 mm SLR APS-C 2003– 2 9 0 0 Praktica B-mount 44.40 mm SLR 24×36 mm 1978–1990 Sigma SA-mount 44.00 mm SLR 24×36 mm...
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  • adapter. The 1968 Iscorama was available in Exakta, Minolta SR, Nikon F, and Praktica M42 mounts and was the only Iscorama model to always feature an individual...
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    chopped petal (or tulip) lens hood (Canon EF 28–105 mm f/3.5–4.5 USM II). Praktica camera – lens with a conical collapsible rubber lens hood (50 mm f/2.8)...
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    bombing. The company was taken over by Pentacon, the maker of the successful Praktica camera, in 1951. Steenbergen returned to West Germany and created a new...
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    porro prism and roof prism models Steiner-Optik (in German) (Germany) PRAKTICA (UK) for birdwatching, sightseeing, hiking, camping Swarovski Optik (Austria)...
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    consisting of a wide 44mm internal thread and an external bayonet—the Pentax/Praktica screw mount is 42mm. The flange to film plane distance was deliberately...
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  • (4 lens 35 mm 3D camera) Norita Okaya OPL Orion see Miranda Pentacon (Praktica) PerkinElmer Petri Founded 1907 as 'Kuribayashi Camera Works' Plaubel Rectaflex...
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