Praktica super TL

akaPorst Reflex FX6

akaRevueflex SL

35mm MF film SLR camera • Discontinued

  • Announced:
  • · 1968
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · GDR (German Democratic Republic)
  • System:
  • · Contax/Praktica (1949)

Specification

Format:
35mm full frame
Film type:
135 cartridge-loaded film
M42 [45.5mm]
Shutter:
Type:
Focal-plane
Model:
Mechanical
Speeds:
1 - 1/500 + B
Exposure:
Exposure metering:
Through-the-lens (TTL), stop-down
Exposure modes:
Manual
Physical characteristics:
Weight:
<No data>
Dimensions:
<No data>

Manufacturer description #1

Special Features of the PRAKTICA super TL

  • The PRAKTICA super TL is the converging point of the modern PRAKTICA single-lens reflex system. Key to this new system in photography is a newly devised method of automatic exposure based on the principle of internally measuring the light in the path of rays by means of a photo resistor.
  • All values influencing the exposure, such as image angle, aperture, and extension factors for filters and in macro and micro work, are taken into account by the meter system. The measuring range extends from 2 apostilbs at f/2 to 250,000 apostilbs at f/22.
  • Meter key connected to the metering system.
  • Power source for the metering system has a working life of approximately two years.
  • Meter needle appears in finder image.
  • Range of film speeds from 9 DIN to 33 DIN or 6 ASA to 1600 ASA.
  • Focal-plane shutter giving exposure speeds from 1 sec. to 1/500 sec., and B.
  • Non-rotating dial for setting the shutter speeds.
  • Prism viewfinder with bright, unreversed and parallax-free finder image. Due to the instant return mirror it is almost continuously visible.
  • Two possibilities of focusing on the bright viewfinder image in micro-prism screen or groundglass circle.
  • Synchronization for flash bulbs and electronic flash.
  • Conveniently placed rapid wind lever and smoothly working oblique shutter release with locking device against accidental triggering.
  • Shutter cocking mechanism and film transport are coupled and provided with locking device against double exposures and blanks.
  • Automatic exposure counter.
  • Automatic pressure diaphragm.
  • Film loading facilitated by PL System.
  • Swing-out rewind crank, self-locking rewind release knob.
  • Interchangeable lenses from 20 mm to 1000 mm focal length, with PRAKTICA fitting, mostly with automatic pressure diaphragm.
  • Wide range of PRAKTICA accessories.

Manufacturer description #2

PRAKTICA SUPER TL differs from the Prakticamat by having no 1/1000 sec. It uses a one-cell CdS meter with light concentrator. Focusing is by micro focusing centre with ground glass surround and fresnel rings. It has a quick-load take-up spool.

From the editor

508,656 units were produced from May 1968 to January 1976.

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