Praktica Nova

Producer VEB Pentacon Dresden Kamera- und Kinowerke
Period December 1964 to February 1967
Constructor Herbert Welzel
Number of Cameras Produced 42,915

Shutter Type: mechanically controlled horizontal-run rubberized cloth-blind type shutter with twin settings for fast and slow speeds
Exposure Time (possible settings): B, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250,1/500
View Finder: fixed eye-level view finder (Pentaprism) with Fresnel lens and split image range finder as focusing screen
Mirror: instant-return mirror
Film Transport / frame counter: quick-release lever, fixed plastic film take-up spool, fold-out rewind crank
Lens mount: M42x1