Pentona II camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1965 in Germany

maker:: VEB Pentacon Dresden

The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Science Museum Group Collection

Pentona II camera. 35mm camera 24x36mm; Meyer-Optick Trioplan lens F:45mm f/3.5; 2 blade shutter 1/30-1/125; direct vision optical finder; accessory shoe; coaxial flash socket.

Pentona II camera made by VEB Pentacon in Germany, 1965.

This is a low-priced basic specification 35mm viewfinder camera, made in Dresden, Germany. It is fitted with a Meyer Optik f3.5 45mm lens. Two models of the Pentona were produced, this second version featuring a bigger viewfinder and a film advance lever.

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/5097

type:: 35mm camera

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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