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| Photo by Richard |
The camera was manufactured in East Germany by Pentacon
between 1978 and 1984. It has the M42
screw mount lens fitting that is sometimes called the Pentax Mount. The camera itself was a very simple but solid
work horse largely thanks to its metal shutter curtain.
Although a very basic camera it does have a light meter
built in to that is operated by a black plastic switch on the right of the
lens. This is a simple needle that went
from positive to negative.
The shutter has a bulb (B) setting and then ranged from 1
second to 1/1000th second.
This is operated by a silver button on the front of the camera. The shutter button also has a fitting for a
cable release.
This camera is still popular with enthusiast today and many
can be found on e-bay and the likes. The
lenses are also widely available and with relatively low prices make the ideal
camera for anyone wishing to experiment with film photography or students
looking for something simple, solid and dependable.
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