3/31/2021 0 Comments Praktica L
I have to be careful opening it and re-spooling the same in small cassettes.
Praktica L Series Will WorkOld meters, of course are less likely to still be working, but with a bridge circuit, the L series will work fine with alkaline 625 batteries with no worry about matching voltages or weakening charge.These also have a very ingenious and capable auto-load system.The important novelty of this generation was the Praktica EE2, introduced at the Photokina 1976 and on the Photo World 77 (Birmingham) as a camera with fully electronic, full aperture TTL metering SLR or camera-computer. ![]() These camera was used in the space on board of Salut 6 in September 1978 by Bykowsky (USSR) and Jhn (GDR). Mike Otto ( This one is the basic model with no meter at all (Hummel Nr. Kadlubek Nr. KWE 1600) ( ). In production from December 1975 to January 1980 with 161,240 cameras produced. This is very much a rival to this day to the screw-mount Pentaxes as a beginner film camera, and with its extremely rugged vertical metal shutter, it is likely to still be operating perfectly--perhaps, if right out of the closet, with a little exercise first. I tried it with a full outfit of the time: A Pentacon auto 50mm f1.8, an older-than-L Meyer Lydith 30mm f3.5 stop-down lens, and a contemporary Pentacon auto 135mm f2.8. When it was made, the Lydith was an ultrawide since wide-angle designs were still struggling to fit the rear of the lens into mirror clearance. The film was appropriately enough an Indian rebranding of exactly the film to shoot in an old Praktica - the old ORWO NP22 rebranded in India as Nova SilverPlus (ISO 125) thanks again to Subbarayan Pressana for making this possible. ORWO was the old Agfa plant in the DDR and a major supplier of film to the Second World. I processed it in D-76 for 8 minutes with Photographers Formulary Archival Fixer (no stop bath needed). Of course its always a little hard to show the results when the images are necessarily scanned in, but this time the film produced rich tones with good shadow and highlight detail. Top taken with the Meyer Lydith 30mm, the bottom with the Pentacon auto 50mm. We are far enough south here, though in Illinois, for magnolia to thrive. I like their clean, practical lines, and their solid feel, and the integrity of their design and construction. I also like the fact that they seem to be utterly reliable; I have a couple of copies which have suffered major neglect in cosmetic terms, yet are still dependable. Nice monochromes, JDM, that combination of film and developer seems to work well, and thanks for an informative post. The Pentacon auto 50 f1.8 that I have has some gunk on the aperture blades. Looks like rust. I got the LB with one of zebra lenses pictured in that ad. A guy at work gave me his Hanimar Auto S 135 f2.8. He used to have a Praktica, however his son took it to school and somebody stole it. Obviously, this is young spring yellow-green vegetation still, but I was a little surprised by how white some leaves turned out. ORWO these days makes technical films and I wonder if there is something going on here in terms of the sensitivity of the film to the full spectrum. SP. I do get blanched out parts, now and then especially, with the tropical sun. But within 4 or 5 basic shades the film is good, as exemplified in your pictures especially of the fence pet waste and the bridge. Praktica L Plus Did NotThe Silver plus did not have a long tenure on the market as the older NP22, which was on the market for over two decades I have recently acquired some new film in a large roll of 400 feet from ORWO Filmotech in Wolfen.
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