Praktica BC 1

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Pentacon Praktica BC 1 electronic
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Praktica BC 1 and bellows device with macro lens Prakticar 55 mm f 2.8

The Praktica BC 1 is a single-lens reflex camera of the Praktica B series made by Pentacon .

The cameras manufactured in the GDR were also exported abroad. It is the successor to the Praktica B 200 , opposite this it has a ready-to-use display. It was produced with a DIN / ASA adjustment knob made of metal from April 1984 to 1985 in a number of approx. 91,000 copies and with a DIN / ASA adjustment knob made of plastic from December 1985 to December 1988 in a number of approx. 220,000 copies.

Identical export models Praktica BC 3 and Jenaflex AM-1

Part of the production was technically unchanged, but delivered with an additional handle as Praktica BC 3 and Jenaflex AM-1 to Great Britain and the Netherlands. Except for the distinctive handle, these models are identical to the Praktica BC 1.

The BC 3 was built from December 1987 to 1988 in relatively small numbers for the export market in Great Britain and the Netherlands.

The Jenaflex AM-1 was built from December 1985 to 1987 in relatively small numbers for the UK export market.

technical features

  • electronically controlled metal lamella shutter with stepless exposure time between 1/1000 and 40 seconds
  • manually adjustable times: 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, mechanical fixed time 1/90 second
  • Praktica bayonet connection, EDC (electronic aperture control) for TTL exposure measurement using gallium-arsenide-phosphide photodiode
  • Film speed adjustable from ASA 12 - 3200 or DIN 12 - 36
  • Exposure correction adjustable by +/- 2 f-stops
  • pentaprismischer viewfinder with 95% field, triple focusing possibility average image, microprism and shim (flashing), red LEDs for displaying the selected and measured (constant) Exposure Time
  • Exposure lock button, mechanical self-timer, dimming lever
  • Hot shoe and additional coaxial flash connection with X-synchronization (1/90 s), flash readiness display with green LED
  • Connection option for motor winder
  • frame counter that resets when the rear panel is opened, shutter release
  • 4xLR44 battery (V 28PX, 6 volts)

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