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Pentacon Super (1968)

Pentacon Super (1968)

This is a Pentacon Super, a 35mm SLR made by Kombinat VEB Pentacon Dresden between the years 1968 and 1972.  The Pentacon Super was the sole attempt by Pentacon to build a professional level SLR.  It had a number of features such as an interchangeable metered prism, open aperture metering,…

August 20, 2024 March 4, 2026 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / Germany / Pentacon
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Praktica VLC 3 (1976)

Praktica VLC 3 (1976)

This is a Praktica VLC 3, a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera made by VEB Pentacon in Dresden, East Germany between the years 1976 and 1981.  The Praktica VLC  3 was the successor to the short lived Exakta RTL 1000 and part of the 3rd Generation of the Praktica L-series. …

May 16, 2023 January 26, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 9.0 / Germany / Pentacon
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Exakta RTL 1000 (1969)

Exakta RTL 1000 (1969)

This is an Exakta RTL 1000, a 35mm SLR camera made by VEB Pentacon Dresden between the years 1969 to 1973.  Despite the Exakta name and sharing the original Exakta mount, this camera bears very little resemblance to earlier Exaktas, in fact, it was built alongside the Praktica L-series also…

January 24, 2022 September 28, 2025 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Dead / Germany / Pentacon
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Pentacon Six TL (1966)

Pentacon Six TL (1966)

This is a Pentacon Six TL, a single lens reflex medium format camera made by VEB Pentacon starting in 1966.  The Pentacon Six TL shoots 6cm x 6cm images on regular 120 roll film, and is an evolution of the earlier Praktisix made by VEB Kamera-und Kinowerke first produced in…

September 21, 2021 June 26, 2025 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 120 / Germany / Pentacon
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Pentacon Pentina M (1963)

Pentacon Pentina M (1963)

This is a Pentina M, a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera originally made by VEB Kamera-Und Kinowerke Dresden, and then later by VEB Pentacon Dresden between the years 1963 and 1965.  The Pentina was a very unique looking camera with shutter priority automatic exposure, a selenium cell exposure meter, a…

March 31, 2020 January 26, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / Germany / Pentacon
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Pentacon Penti II (1961)

Pentacon Penti II (1961)

This is a Penti II originally made by VEB Welta-Kamera-Werk in East Germany between the years 1961 and 1977.  Welta would be absorbed into VEB Pentacon in 1964 while this camera was still in production, so many were made after the merger and were then called the Pentacon Penti II.  The…

December 11, 2018 April 28, 2026 Photography / Reviews  8.0 / Germany / Pentacon / Rapid
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Praktica IV F & V F (1963 & 1964)

Praktica IV F & V F (1963 & 1964)

These two Prakticas were made by VEB Pentacon as part of the 4th generation of the Praktica 35mm single lens reflex series between the years of 1963 and 1966.  The model on the left is a model IV F, and the one on the right is a model V F. …

August 7, 2018 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  13.0 / 35mm / Germany / Pentacon
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