FOR SALE Praktica MTL3 Camera + Lens

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The Praktica MTL 3 is an East German SLR made by Pentacon, using the 42mm screw mount. It was produced between 1978 and 1984. It is said to be based on the LTL 3. It's a solidly made camera with some rather crude and advanced features.

Camera comes with strap attached. No case but you can pick them up very cheap. Also with a huge lens and case which I have never used but very hard to come by. There are online manuals for the camera which you can down load. Below is a little more info. its a great camera for beginner or professional photography. A good all rounder classic camera.

Selling the both for a total ?30. Please contact Sheena 07494539146 or PM me on here. SE22 area.

The shutter is the best part about this camera. The MTL 3 has a metal curtain shutter. It moves vertically and is likely to work some 25 years after its production. Speeds are B, then from 1 to 1/1000 sec. It has a separate position for use with electronic flash units; this is "about" 1/125 sec according to the camera's manual. Its metal curtains are not known to get punctured easily as do cloth shutters.

he MTL 3 has a metering system that is integrated in the mirror. This makes it important to handle the mirror with care, or rather, never to touch it at all. A needle on the right side of the viewfinder indicates the correct exposure; o is correct, + means overexposed, - underexposed. This metering system is the only battery-dependent system in the MTL 3. It takes a single 1.35v PX 625 mercury cell; without it, everything but the meter will continue to function. A switch next to the shutter release button stops down the lens and switches on the meter. This way, no battery power is wasted when the camera is not in use.

A black wedge on the left indicates the film has not yet been transported.

The standard lens supplied with the camera was a Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 lens. It has a m42 or Pentax thread. There's a switch on the lens to use it on auto or manual. The auto option allows full aperture composition even when the aperture ring is set to, say f/8. The lens is multicoated and has a 49mm filter thread.