THE PRAKTINA SYSTEM
LENSES

German and Japanese Lenses for Praktina Cameras

Novoflex Fotogeratebau Karl Muller

  • Novoflex 240/4.5, 300/5.6, 400/5.6 and 640/9 for Rapid Focus Unit PIGRIFF
  • Noflexar: 400/5.6 and 640/9
  • Novoflex 280/5.6, 400/5.6 and 640/9 for Rapid Focus Unit PIGRIFF-B
  • Xenar 135/4.5 Rapid Focus Lens:
  • Novoflex 400/5.6 and 600/8 for Rapid Focus Unit PIGRIFF-C
  • Novoflex 200/3.8 Rapid Focus Lens

Piesker, Paul Piesker & Co., Berlin, West Germany

• Picon: 100/2.8, 135/3.5
• Tele-Picon: 150/5.5, 180/5.5, 200/5.5, 250/5.5, 400/5.5
The company produced lenses under trade names "Picon", "Tele-Picon", "Piconar", "Votar" "Tele-Votar", "Telegon", "Kalimar", "Voss", "Astra", "Tele-Astranar". Some were rebranded by importers and do not carry the Piesker name.

Astro Gesellschaft M.B.H., Berlin-Neukölln, Germany

• Tachar 125/2.3, 150/2.3, 150/1.8
• Fernbildlinse 300/3.5, 300/5, 400/5, 500/5, 640/5, 800/5, 1000/6.3, 2000/6.3

TEWE OHG, Berlin Schoeneberg

  • Telagon : 150/3, 200/3.2, 300/3.5, 400/4.5, 500/5, 600/5, 800/5, 1000/6.3
  • Telon : 300/5, 400/5, 500/5, 600/5, 800/6.3, 1000/6.3, 2000/10
  • Tewe : 1000/4.5

Weth, Dr. Max Weth, Optik 1956-1973

• Telestigmar : 175/3.5, 250/5, 225/4.5, 315/6.3

T-Mount lenses

  • Fixed focal: 24, 28, 35, 58, 85, 105, 135, 180, 200, 240, 250, 300, 350, 385, 400, 450, 500, 600, 650, 750, 800
  • Mirror: 300, 500, 600, 650, 1000
  • Zoom: 55-90, 85-210, 90-190, 90-230, 95-205, 100-200, 110-180, 180-400, 200-400

T-mount lenses were manufactured from 1962 by a small number of Japanese makers and marketed with an incredible number of different brand names as Accura, Aetna-Coligon, Aetna-Rokunar, Albinar, Amitar, Asanuma, Astranar, Bass, Bell & Howell, Berolina, Bower, Bushnell, Cambron, Carsen, Caspeco, Centon, Century, Enna, Hanimar, Hanimex, Juplen, Kaligar, Kalimar, Kawanon, Kenko, Lentar, Marexar, Ohnar, Optomax, Palinar, Paragon, Perkin-Elmer, Photax, Phoenix, Plixor, Prinz, Prinxgalaxy, Promaster, Quantaray, QuarryMaster, Rokinon, Rokunar, Sear, Sigma, Samigon, Sears, Seikanon, Seriese, Sima, Soligor, Sonnagar, Spectra-Coligon, Spiratone, Sun, Sunset, Tamron, Tokina, Unistar, Vemar, Vivitar and others.
All T-mount lenses have a preset control of the diaphragm aperture. The lenses have a screw mount with a male M42x0.75 thread. An adapter ring, called T (made in one piece) or T2 (made in two pieces), allows to fit these lenses on every 35mm SLR cameras. For Praktina is available only the adapter type T.

YS mount lenses

• Fixed focal: 16, 18, 24, 28, 35, 55 macro, 100 macro, 135, 200, 300, 400
• Zoom: 24-40, 60-135, 70-210, 80-200, 80-240, 85-210
YS mount adapters have identical specification as T mount adapters so that a T adapter may be used to fit YS automatic lenses on Praktina cameras. Naturally, with T adapter the diaphragm adjustment will be non-automatic. YS mount was used on some Sigma, Sun, Suntar, Accura and Spiratone lenses along with a few other brands.

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