I’ve got my grandads old camera and seeing this video made me feel overwhelmingly happy

I have this camera and had no idea how to use the light meter and the consequences were 18 of my shots were completely over exposed. Thanks for the post 👌👍

They are such great cameras really. Thoroughly overlooked but that is probably changing. I rescued one from a goodwill, looked not to be in great shape but it cleaned up close to new. Great camera. Thank you for the video.

아버지께 mtl 50을 물려받고 너무 잘 쓰고 있어요!! 처음 써보있을때 전자식 카메라와는 다르게 묵직한 느낌이 마음에 들었습니다. 저처럼 이 카메라를 사랑하는 사람이 있어서 너무 기뻐요

I just added film to my very first Camera (also Practice MTL50) according to your video and it worked perfectly! Thank you for the great guidance

Nice to see these making a comeback. Likewise was my first SLR in the early 90's, broke the wind-on arm so picked up a MTL5 and MTL5B. Just been given two complete darkroom setups and managed to get another MTL5B and 50/1.8 in a local antique shop. Thanks for the Great vid Edit - Quick tip, If you only take one extra shot from closing the door you get an extra shot on the film. My MTL5 had a faulty/disconnected double exposure lock and I learnt exactly how far to wind on each time, getting 40 shots from a 36 exposure film

I have a Praktica MTL 5 B with a Penatacon Auto f 1.8/ 50 mm lens. This is basically the same camera as your MTL 50, the only differences being the battery for the lightmeter-my camera uses a single LR 44 button cell and the lightmeter, which on the MTL 5 B is a needle match type. To my knowledge, the MTL 5B and MTL 50 were the last M42 mount cameras, produced by Praktica before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I'm giving my Praktica a spin with a Kentmere 100 B & W film. I'm a newbie in film photography, so I hope that my first pictures with the Praktica will turn out good. Your video was very interesting, so keep up the good work. Greetings from Bulgaria.

Great video, thank you. The Praktica MTL series are superb cameras, robust, durable and steadfastly reliable. The steel shutters are virtually indestructible. Ergonomically superior to western equivalents and thus a pleasure to use. Stylistically they are handsome machines indeed. The lens range for the M42 screw mount is vast to say the least with very high quality optics from both sides of the iron curtain readily available in abundance and still quite cheaply. I prefer my MTL3 to my Nikon FM, my Pentax K1000 and my Minolta SRT101.

Awesome camera and perfect explanation, buddy!

I have the MTL5, which is a beast. I have always been tempted to try the MTL50 for the LED readout.

I think my very first camera was its little brother . Mine didn't have the self timer and my light meter was a thin black needle that would go up or down. Wish I still had it for nostalgic reasons at least :-)

Hey! Love your video full of amazing info on this camera I just restored my grandads one but have absolutely no idea what battery to use is there any way you could help me ? Google told me px28 but I can’t seem to make it fit

Just a quick question if that's OK - does your start counting without film loaded in? I've got 2 mtl50's one doesn't count unless film is loaded, the other counts even when not loaded with film and resets when I open the hatch - they both take photos - so odd

Hi Jon, I work for Praktica and we're interested in adding your review of the MTL50 to the Praktica website. Please could you let me know if this is ok or if you'd like any further details. Thanks, Christopher

My man lives in Worcester! You probably know Clive

I bought mint, new mtl3 praktica with pronto bag

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