Pentina 35mm SLR Film Camera
Pentina M 35mm SLR Film Camera
Pentina M 35mm SLR Film Camera
Pentina M 35mm SLR Film Camera
Pentina M 35mm SLR Film Camera
Pentina M 35mm SLR Film Camera
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  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Pentina M 35mm SLR Film Camera
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Pentina M 35mm SLR Film Camera

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TESTED AND FULLY WORKING: Pentina 35mm SLR Film Camera
The Pentina is a quite unusual leaf-shutter SLR made by the East-German VEB Kamera- und Kinowerke Dresden between 1961 and 1965 [1]. In 1964 the company was renamed VEB Pentacon, where also the name Pentina was derived from. VEB Pentacon and its predecessor companies were rather known for their successful series of focal-plane shutter SLRs (Contax, Praktica, Exa, etc.) and designing and producing a rather complex but technically limited leaf-shutter SLR seemed like a setback. However, during the late 1950ies the West-German competition (namely Kodak Retina, Voigtländer and Zeiss Ikon) successfully implemented coupled Selenium meters into their leaf-shutter SLRs. This obviously was the driving force for the East-Germans to also develop a model for this market segment.
  • The Pentina quite an unusual leaf-shutter SLR made by the now-known VEB Pentacon and its predecessor companies were rather known for their successful series of focal-plane shutter SLRs (Contax, Praktica, Exa, etc.) 
  • The Pentina is an SLR camera with the use of common 135 film with built-in prism viewfinder 
  • It had interchangeable lenses with the special Pentina plug-in bayonet but without shutter that was more common for leaf-shutter lenses (here it was built in the body)
  • It had a simple selenium light meter with needle meter reading on top of the camera
  • Film speed setting 6-1600 ASA in both, ASA and DIN scale
  • On front it had adjacent aperture and shutter time rings around the lens with (semi) automatic exposure, meaning controlling aperture and shutter with one movement.
  • Mirror only opens after winding the shutter
  • Prestor-00 reflex leaf-shutter with exposure times from 1 s to 1/500 s and B
  • Flash synchronization M or X, switchable, extremely short electronic flash times possible
  • Self-timer (V)
  • Rewind crank (bottom of camera)

You'll need to require 35mm film

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DELIVERY

As a small team operating a bustling shop, we may not be able to send out items right away due to our workload. We don't do next day delivery however, our goal is to ship available stock within 48 hours after receiving cleared payment ( excluding weekends and bank holidays).

If you require an item for the following day or have specific delivery preferences, we are more than willing to make arrangements if you inform us before placing your order. Once we dispatch the item, any potential delays in delivery caused by the courier service are beyond our control. Rest assured, we consistently send items with delivery confirmation and comprehensive insurance that covers the order value. 

WARRANTY

All items come with three months guarantee unless otherwise stated. For full information, see our Terms and Conditions page.

RETURNS

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