Dream camera...

Artemis · Oct 6, 2005

Whats wrong with me...ive fallen inlove with the Praktica LB...my photography teacher let me use one an...

wow...
great exposure
great lens
great feel
no batteries...

and only £5 on ebay? Im in love!

darin3200 · Oct 6, 2005

Get a room :er:

:lol:

, really though, prakticas are really nice cameras. A joy to work with :thumbup:

Artemis · Oct 6, 2005

You think its worth the fiver?

Dweller · Oct 6, 2005

based on your impression of it I would say yes.

You liked it a lot.. whats £5 when true love is on the line

Jeff Canes · Oct 6, 2005

It worth 5 lb, but likey will end up going for more. Is it the one going for 10 USD for CA? If so shipping will be about 10-20 USD

darin3200 · Oct 6, 2005

Artemis said:
You think its worth the fiver?

Yeah, its worth it. You could also look at MTL-3 or MTL-5, they don't cost much more and have a primative light meter :drool:

I bought a b200 and ended up spending more on shipping than the camera :blushing:
You might also want to check out a yahoo group called pugw, which is a smaller group devoted entirely to praktica cameras.

Mitica100 · Oct 6, 2005

Artemis said:
You think its worth the fiver?

Yea, matey. I used an older Domiplan lens that came from a Praktica on another SM SLR and I was amazed at the quality of the pictures.

Well worth the money.

Artemis · Oct 7, 2005

Mitica100 said:
Yea, matey. I used an older Domiplan lens that came from a Praktica on another SM SLR and I was amazed at the quality of the pictures.

Well worth the money.

Dont you fix and rebuild old cameras? If so you could find me a nice cheap one

Mitica100 · Oct 7, 2005

Artemis said:
Dont you fix and rebuild old cameras? If so you could find me a nice cheap one

That I can, except that the shipping from Arizona to UK would annihilate the cheapness (new word?

) of that camera.

Have you watched the Ebay? Just search for Praktica there, you should find some for reasonable prices, if not outright steals.

I'll check it too for you...

Mitica100 · Oct 7, 2005

Artemis said:
Dont you fix and rebuild old cameras? If so you could find me a nice cheap one

Here is one (two) for ya:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TWO-OLD-PRAKTICA-SUPER-TL-35mm-CAMERAS-CAMERA-BARGAIN_W0QQitemZ7549950482QQcategoryZ98923QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Discard that cloudy lens, keep the broken body for spares and use the new one. Lenses are easily found.

Artemis · Oct 7, 2005

Bit worried they are broken...whatcha think of this one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Praktica-SLR-...ryZ97014QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Mitica100 · Oct 7, 2005

Artemis said:
Bit worried they are broken...whatcha think of this one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Praktica-SLR-Camera-Model-LB_W0QQitemZ7551768660QQcategoryZ97014QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Lookin' good! I would still check a 50/2.8 Domiplan lens on top of the Tessar.

Artemis · Oct 7, 2005

yeh...im guessing equipment for this camera is cheap...could you tell me what accessories I can get for this camera and how much they cost?

Mitica100 · Oct 7, 2005

Artemis said:
yeh...im guessing equipment for this camera is cheap...could you tell me what accessories I can get for this camera and how much they cost?

I'll see if I can fetch some info for you.

http://www.praktica-users.com/cams/l/lb.html

http://www.praktica-users.com/accs.html