Specifications

Type
SLR camera
Production
1985–1989
Film
35 mm
Frame size
24 × 36 mm
Lens mount
M42
Shutter
Vertical metal focal-plane shutter, mechanical
Shutter speeds
1 s – 1/1000 s, B
Flash sync
1/125 s
Metering
TTL centre-weighted (CdS)
Focusing
focusing screen
Film speed
ISO 12–1600
Battery
4LR44 · meter only
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Good to know

Without a battery, the mechanical shutter still works at every speed including B, but the exposure indicator doesn’t work. [1]

The manual says not to take a meter reading at B or at the flash symbol setting. [3]

You balance the meter by pressing the metering button and adjusting the aperture or shutter speed. [3]

Matching parts from Ausgeknipst

Sources

  1. VEB Pentacon: Praktica MTL 50, Bedienungsanleitung
  2. Deutsches Kameramuseum: Praktica MTL 50 (Typ 217)
  3. VEB Pentacon: Praktica MTL 50, mehrsprachige Bedienungsanleitung von 1986

Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know

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