Paulo J Moreira
Praktica MTL 50
End of the line for the M42 L series Praktica. It seems that over 4 million were produced and although they all look the same, over the 20 year life of the series some important changes occured. The MTL 50 features the new viewfinder that is light years from the old one, being bright, not coarse, very close to the one used on the B series Prakticas. Goodbye to the old match needle arrangement, in comes 2 LED' in form of an arrow, simple and effective.
The rest is the usual basic L line, no fancy Electric lens system, closed down metering, clunky shutter and film advance and more play in the controls. Still, this is no Zenit 12 XP, it is a full featured classic SLR, outdated when it was new, but not primitve as the Russian rival.
Many thanks to my friend Filipe Mendonça for the donation of this camera.
Praktica MTL 50
End of the line for the M42 L series Praktica. It seems that over 4 million were produced and although they all look the same, over the 20 year life of the series some important changes occured. The MTL 50 features the new viewfinder that is light years from the old one, being bright, not coarse, very close to the one used on the B series Prakticas. Goodbye to the old match needle arrangement, in comes 2 LED' in form of an arrow, simple and effective.
The rest is the usual basic L line, no fancy Electric lens system, closed down metering, clunky shutter and film advance and more play in the controls. Still, this is no Zenit 12 XP, it is a full featured classic SLR, outdated when it was new, but not primitve as the Russian rival.
Many thanks to my friend Filipe Mendonça for the donation of this camera.