Praktica LTL 3
Posted on August 6th, 2010 in Vintage EquipmentThis Praktica LTL 3 was my father’s camera while he was in the navy. It has been all around the world and found itself, years later, in disuse on a shelf in the garage. Being the collector that I am, I quickly grabbed it for safe keeping.
Aside from the familiar history the Praktica LTL 3, like many older cameras, is a nice object in itself. The lenses, a Pentacon 1.8 50mm and a Carenar 2.8 135mm, are something to look at too.
After cleaning of years of dust the camera and lenses show their age. The camera is in good condition. A sad part is the fact that both lenses seem to be broken. I might look into getting these fixed and using them on my new cameras using an adapter.
The camera itself is in working order but without good lenses it is, for the time being, destined for desk duty.
Tagged with camera, lens, m42, slr , 3 Comments
An M42 lens cost less than 30USD… for example a Pentacon 50/1,8 or a russian Helios 44 (58mm/2). I use on these cameras… great lens! This is a great camera to use! And if the problem on the lenses is the blade aperture, it is easy to repair – a good professional repairer can unmount and clean the blades restoring the lens! I hope that these camera survive! I use an old Praktica LB, bought used in 1991, repaired one time in the 2007 (calibration of slow times) and still 100% working!
This camera will survive, I’m sure of it. I’m not one to throw away these things. I even got a working lens by chance as you can read in my newest post.
I had a look around your site and I like your photography. I can’t understand the Italian but as they say, a picture says more than a thousand words!
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