Pentacon is the company name of a camera manufacturer in Dresden, Germany. The name Pentacon is derived from the brand Contax of Zeiss Ikon Kamerawerke in Dresden and …

Nov 22, 2024 · VEB Pentacon Dresden was an East German camera maker formed as VEB Kamera- und Kinowerke Dresden in 1959 by amalgation of VEB Kinowerke Dresden (former …

May 2, 2019 · The Pentacon Six system with its P6 bayonet mount offers over 50 different lenses from 30mm fisheye to a 2000mm super-telephoto to choose from. The Pentacon Six system. …

Nov 21, 2020 · Pentacon soon became known for producing cameras including the Praktica line of 35mm SLRs and the Pentacon Six medium format SLR and, at its peak, controlled an …

Jul 14, 2024 · The Pentacon 6 is a medium-format system camera, an SLR that takes 6×6 pictures on 120 film. It has been called an "SLR on steroids." Its predecessor was KW's …

Pentacon is best known for producing the SLR cameras of the Praktica-series as well as the medium format camera Pentacon Six, the Pentacon Super and various cameras of the Exa …

Sep 8, 2024 · The Contax D and the Pentacon F are pretty much identical cameras. They feature the same interesting shutter speed dial on the top deck, front-mounted shutter release, shutter …

Dec 12, 2022 · I’ve recently been shooting with a Praktica BX20, which was one of the last Praktica models produced by Pentacon before they were wound up in the wake of German …

Mar 5, 2022 · Pentacon’s 1987 Praktica BX20 included a complete body redesign, a slightly faster flash sync speed, the capability for TTL flash (using the same system as Olympus), and a …

Sep 26, 2024 · Those Pentacon/Contax thread mount cameras are a joy to use and offer a huge variety of screw mount lenses from all over the world. Focussing on this undisturbed matte …