{"id":20417,"date":"2020-09-14T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T23:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sovietcamerastore.com\/?post_type=product&p=20417"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:43:22","slug":"praktica-mtl-5b-film-slr-body","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sovietcamerastore.com\/index.php\/product\/praktica-mtl-5b-film-slr-body\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded Praktica MTL 5B film SLR, body only"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Praktica MTL 5B vintage film SLR
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The Praktica MTL 5 B is a 35mm SLR made in Dresden, East Germany by Pentacon between 1985 & 1989.<\/p>\n

About 567,000 examples were produced[1]. It is a minor upgrade from the Praktica MTL 5. It features TTL exposure metering, triggered by a stop down button next to the front-mounted shutter release. A match-needle display on the right side of the viewfinder indicates whether the chosen combination of shutter speed and aperture will lead to under-, over-, or correct exposure.<\/p>\n

The meter is powered by a battery fitted in the base. On early models a PX625 mercury battery was required; later models used the LR44 alkaline. Batteries are not required if metering is not used.<\/p>\n

Film speed set by lifting and turning the shutter speed dial.<\/p>\n

The steel-bladed focal plane shutter runs vertically at speeds from 1s to 1\/1000s, plus B (bulb) for long exposures. The film speed setting ranges from 12 ASA (12 DIN) to 1600 ASA (33 DIN).<\/p>\n

Interchangeable lenses utilize the M42 screw mount, with the (Meyer Optik Oreston) Pentacon 1.8\/50mm multi-coated lens being most commonly found.<\/p>\n

Interchangeable lenses are fixed with an M42 screw mount.<\/p>\n

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Camera is in very good condition, all speeds work.<\/p>\n

Meter functionality is not confirmed – selling as fully manual camera with not working meter.<\/p>\n

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Comes as body only.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”20426″ img_size=”full”][vc_single_image image=”20425″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Quality – Made in Germany!<\/p>\n

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