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Practos

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Meter Type:
Extinction.

Calibration:
Plate Speed: Autochrome, 5 - 29° Scheiner, 17 - 5600 H&D; Shutter speed: 1/400 - 60m. 1 - 128 f.p.s.; Aperture: f1.3 - f48, f2 - f41.

Attributes:
The eye-piece shows shutter speed values. The film speed is set on one ring. The end of the barrel is twisted until the extinction point is reached, the shutter speed / aperture pairs can then be read on the barrel. Eyesight correction to viewfinder. Filter factor. Depth-of-field scale for 7.5cm, 10.5cm and 13.5cm lenses.

Practos Junior

Meter Type:
Extinction.

Calibration:
Plate Speed: 11 - 32° Scheiner, 75 - 11000 H&D, 3 - 24 DIN; Shutter speed: 1/400 - 4m, index of cine at 1/32; Aperture: f1.2 - f50.

Attributes:
The eye-piece shows the complete range of shutter speeds, the least distinct is set on a scale against the film speed, the shutter speed / aperture pairs can then be read on the barrel. Eyesight correction to viewfinder.

Practos Junior

Meter Type:
Extinction.

Calibration:
Plate Speed: 11 - 32° Scheiner, 75 - 11000 H&D; Shutter speed: 1/400 - 4m, index of cine at 1/32; Aperture: f1.2 - f50, f1.4 - f45.

Attributes:
The eye-piece shows the complete range of shutter speeds, the least distinct is correct for a set aperture of f6.3 and film speed of 2700 H&D for other values the shutter speed shown is set on a scale against the film speed, the shutter speed / aperture pairs can then be read on the barrel. Eyesight correction to viewfinder.

Practos

c.1950

Practos Photo Products

Hamburg

West Germany

Meter Type:
Extinction.

Calibration:
Plate Speed: 16 - 40° European Scheiner, 6 - 30 DIN, 3 - 800 ASA; Shutter speed: 1/400 - 4m, index of cine at 1/32; Aperture: f1 - f32.

Attributes:
The eye-piece shows the complete range of shutter speeds, the least distinct is set on a scale against the film speed, the shutter speed / aperture pairs can then be read on the barrel. Eyesight correction to viewfinder.

Practoskop

1931

Meter Type:
Extinction.

Calibration:
Plate Speed: Autochrome, 4 - 30° Scheiner, 17 - 5600 H&D; Shutter speed: 1/400 - 60m; Aperture: f1.8 - f48.

Attributes:
The eye-piece shows shutter speed values. The film speed is set on one ring. The end of the barrel is twisted until the extinction point is reached, the shutter speed / aperture pairs can then be read on the barrel. Eyesight correction to viewfinder.

With:
Pouch.

A new model of the Practos was advertised in the mid 1930s, with this model the finder showed an image of the scene, it also included a depth of field scale.

References & Notes:
BJA 1952, p. 37.; BJA 1954, p. 47.; Westminster Cat. 1939, p. 55.; Minit&Cine 1939, pp. 39, 179.; Ensign Cat. 1936, p. 203.

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