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    Praktica FX 3 - 1956 to 1958 Praktica IV - 1959 to 1966 Praktica IV B Praktica IV M Praktica IV BM Praktica IV F Praktica IV FB Praktica V F Praktica...
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    cameras first became well known under the Praktica brand, and thus the M42 mount is known as the Praktica thread mount. Since there were no proprietary...
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  • The Praktica IV is a 35mm SLR with M42 thread mount that was launched by Kamera-Werkstätten (KW) in 1959. The Praktica IV was based on the Praktina FX...
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    The Praktica EE2 was an important innovation of the 2-L generation. It was a camera with "fully electronic, full aperture TTL metering SLR" or "camera-computer"...
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    would use this bajonet mount for a time. This is quite similar to the Praktica design (which adapted it from Ihagee's product), the shutter-release of...
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    1990. Notable East German exports were photographic cameras, under the Praktica brand; automobiles under the Trabant, Wartburg, and the IFA brands; hunting...
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    camera body. The Pentacon Six was imported into the U.S. as the Hanimex Praktica 66 by Australian distributor Hanimex. This was to get around U.S. laws...
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    Handbook of Machine Vision. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9783527610143. The M42 (Praktica) mount is sometimes referred to as a "P" thread. See, e.g., "Questar Corporation:...
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    were produced from 1958 to the 1989, when production became part of the Praktica range. Several versions were sold as the Boots Beirette. brief history...
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    screw-thread lens mount which was developed after World War II by Zeiss and Praktica. Asahi Optical used the name Takumar for their lenses. These were high-quality...
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