Originally posted by Mechan1k On a side note ... Hin your Praktica looks to be in MINT condition (ie: never been handled).
It is a long story. My eldest brother was an enthusiast on SLR camera back when I was a teenager. And I got influenced by his camera purchases but I didn't have money to buy any good camera and I managed to find this inexpensive East Germany made camera. I still remembered my 1st day with it not knowing how to use it. I ran through
Macau, my home town, as a teenager excited about picture taking not much different than the present Hin who has become the photo nuts with Pentax. Calling me a photo nut is an understatement but I digress the confirmed title of LBA king in 2008. I don't deserve that title as I tried hard to control my passion (call it addiction if you are honest and truthful) as much as I can, I sold at least 10 cameras and 50+ lens in 2008. And I have been helping friends in need in buying their gear to help easing off LBA in a ego balance whenever I can afford.
The camera has been used occasionally while in college. And I store it with a leather case and hence the spotless praktica you see today. You know what, my Praktica camera is in better shape than ANY pantax film cameras that I have purchased, lusted for, LBA bought at impulse, exchanged, returned, and sold.
I sold at least 11 film cameras as in Pentax Auto 110, Pentax p30, Pentax p3n, Pentax Spotmatic, Pentax PZ-1, Pentax Program Plus, Pentax Super Program, Pentax pz-10, Pentax pz-20, Pentax ME super, Pentax MG over the course of 1.5 years of Pentax journey, almost none are in better shape than my Praktica, hence I kept it for history sake.
This ONE is NOT for sale unless I get my
Ultimate Film Camera.
I have serious CBA with camera buying addiction with film cameras but I cut my CBA title in selling all but this one alone. It is similar to Spotmatic but the focusing screen is better in my view. The Germany sure knows how to build solid cameras that last long a long time.