Another mysterous camera Praktika Film SLR

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Permalink Reply by Roger on December 30, 2008 at 5:35am

Here is a manual for the Praktica BCA SLR camera posted on a Web site for Praktica users.

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Permalink Reply by Roger on December 30, 2008 at 5:38am

Also here is a Wikipedia article on the Praktica camera brand

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Permalink Reply by James on December 30, 2008 at 1:07pm

ahh cheers thank you your a life saver :)

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Permalink Reply by Roberto Duarte Photographer on December 30, 2008 at 1:19pm

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Permalink Reply by Mike Hiler on February 10, 2009 at 7:05pm

My first SLR was a Hanimex Praktica camera sold at JC Pennys as their "SLR-1" camera. The "SLR-1" name was actually only printed on a thin aluminum covering they glued to the front of the prism housing. Needless to say, the aluminum's corners started to bend, so I took it off and low and behold, the real name was shown.

I had a great time with that camera. Though it used screw-mount lenes, I didn't mind since I thought of the screw-mount as more precise and stable.

However, a few years and many thousands of photos later the metal focal-plane shutter developed a quirk. It seemed to not be operating properly. On bright scenes, the bottom of the negative was always slightly over exposed. Oh well.

I still had a lot of fun learning photography with that camera.

Mike :)

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