{"id":2490,"date":"2020-07-13T09:14:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T09:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photomuse.in\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2020-07-13T09:15:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T09:15:48","slug":"praktica-fx-1952-slr-camera-photomuse-collection-2014-donation-of-dr-unni-krishnan-pulikkal-source-herbert-ascherman-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/2020\/07\/13\/praktica-fx-1952-slr-camera-photomuse-collection-2014-donation-of-dr-unni-krishnan-pulikkal-source-herbert-ascherman-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Praktica FX, 1952, SLR Camera, PhotoMuse Collection, 2014, Donation of Dr.Unni Krishnan Pulikkal, Source &#8211; Herbert Ascherman Collection."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Praktica FX is a relatively early member of the Praktica family, a 35mm SLR introduced by KW in 1952. It accepts M42 lenses but does not have a mechanism for internally stopping down later lenses such as those made for Pentax SLRs. It is named for its dual flash sync: F (for high-speed bulbs) and X (for electronic shutters,) with corresponding PC sockets on the front of the camera. It can mount and use a very large variety of lenses. It was usually sold with high-quality Zeiss or Meyer Optik lenses.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturer: Kamera Werkst\u00e4tten Guthe &amp; Thorsch (better known as &#8220;KW.&#8221;).\u00a0Lens: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2.8 \/50mm. Lens mount: M42 screw mount, no linkage. Shutter: Focal-plane. Shutter speeds: 1\/2 to 1\/500 sec. + B.\u00a0Film Transport: Knob, double exposure prevention. Metering: None.\u00a0Exposure: Manual. Viewfinder: SLR, waist-level type, auxiliary sport finder. Flash: Dual PC sockets for F and X focal plane sync.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Praktica FX is a relatively early member of the Praktica family, a 35mm SLR introduced by KW in 1952. It accepts M42 lenses but does not have a mechanism for internally stopping down later lenses such as those made for Pentax SLRs. It is named for its dual flash sync: F (for high-speed bulbs)&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}