Pentina
The Pentina is a single-lens reflex camera for 35mm format . The Pentina was built by VEB Pentacon Dresden . The camera was manufactured from 1960 in a number of approx. 45,000 copies and was the first camera from Pentacon with a central shutter . The Pentina was designed by Jürgen Peters (1931–2009) and constructed by Hans Daeche .
shape
The Pentina stands out due to its unusual shape, which at first glance does not suggest a single-lens reflex camera. It was advertised as the "first single-lens reflex camera in a new guise". The control elements are mostly inconspicuously integrated into the housing, the interchangeable lenses were connected via a plug-in bayonet. The camera had a built-in selenium exposure meter with a tracking pointer coupled with an aperture and shutter .
The standard lens of the Pentina was a Carl Zeiss (Jena) Tessar 50 mm f / 2.8. The possible exposure times from 1 s to 1/500 s could be synchronized with flash units.
Models
The Pentina was produced in four model variants: as Pentina E (without light meter), Pentina (with light meter), Pentina M (with light meter, measuring magnifier) and Pentina fm (with light meter and Fresnel lens with measuring wedge). There were also versions with a gold anodized housing and brown cover and, as standard, with a silver anodized housing and black cover.
Lenses
Other lenses built for the Pentina are
- Meyer-Optik Lydith 1: 3.5 / 30 mm,
- Carl Zeiss Jena Cardinar 1: 2.8 / 85 mm,
- Meyer-Optik Domigor 1: 4/135 mm
Focal lengths longer than 135 mm were technically impossible (rear lens shutter).
Further equipment
- Shutter Priority
- Fast elevator
- Picture counter
- Forward drive
- Rewind crank
- Accessory shoe
- Film marker
- Eyelets
- 1/4 inch tripod connection
- Film speed adjustable from 6-1600 ASA
Varia
The Pentina was only sold with a signed lapel , at least at times , so that it could not be taken abroad.
Web links
- Pentina. Dresdner-Kameras.de
- Pentina fm. Helmuts-Fotokiste.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Günter Höhne: Look, but don't copy. How Braun products cast their shadows on design in the GDR . In: Günther Höhne (ed.): The divided form. German-German design affairs 1949-1989 . Torch bearer, Cologne 2009, p. 36–53, here p. 43 .
- ↑ Pentina. Retrieved December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Quoted from: Pentina. Dresdner-Kameras.de.
- ↑ cf. Pentina. Statement on the back of an invoice. Frank Petermann's private website ( memento of April 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ).