Praktica MTL3 came to my collection to satisfy my desire of M42 mount.
Just like a lot of novice analogue lovers, I hop on the cart of M42 recklessly after I found that treasure vault.
As the greatest value of M42 mount is came from the variety of lenses, I grabbed a M42 mount camera body with a price as low as possible.
That's how I met Praktica MTL3.
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| Praktica MTL3 x Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 x Fujicolor 100 |
The M42 mount is a popular screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to SLR camera.
It was first used in Zeiss's Contax S of 1949.
Since there were no proprietary elements and production difficulty on M42 mount，many other manufacturers used it.
This has led to the valuable lenses heritage we found today.
