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The Praktiflex is a 35mm SLR that was launched by KW in 1939, they were the third manufacturer to introduce a 24x36 SLR camera, only the Kine Exakta and the Russian Sport preceded it. Production continued after the war and its successor, the Praktica, became a very long and successful series of models. The prewar Praktiflex has the release button at the top of the righthand side of the body. The mirror is raised by the force excerted by pressing the release button down. Only when the mirror is up is the shutter released.
The Praktiflex has a special 40mm diameter screw thread lens mount, and takes only Praktiflex lenses. The 42mm thread mount became available from about 1947, and was thus initiated by this manufacturer. This lens mount bacame practically an universal industy standard, until about 1975 when the need for increased exchange of information between camera and lens made the bayonet mount a more practical arrangement.
The Praktiflex FX was a variant of the 1950s, with flash synchronization for bulbs and strobes. In some markets it was sold as the Praktica FX. it was also sold under various other brand names.
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- Manual available on the Favorite Classics section of .kyphoto.com
- Praktiflex FX at Praktica collector's [1]
In German:
- The development of the modern small format SLR camera, an article in Frank Mechelhoff's camera site, featuring the Praktiflex, Contax S, Exakta VX and original Pentax