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Manufacturer: Praktica

Praktica is a brand of camera manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden in eastern Germany, formerly within the GDR prior to reunification. Pentacon is the modern-day successor to Dresden camera firms such as Zeiss Ikon, and for many years Dresden was the world's largest producer of cameras.

Currently Praktica is the only brand sold by the company; previous ones included Zeiss Ikon, Contax (now owned by the Carl Zeiss company), Exakta, Pentacon and many more.

The firm collapsed after German reunification but was resurrected in partnership with Schneider, and produces many products under various brands such as car industry products, 3D LCD screens, and still cameras and lenses under their own Praktica brand and also for more known international brands.

One of the first inventions of the firm, which is still known today, was the roll film SLR camera in 1936. In the east block countries the firm's products are more known than in the western world.

They produce both budget lenses (mostly small, not very durable and having slow autofocus but good in optical quality) and higher priced products. They also produce optical equipment for the space programs of the US, Western Europe and the Russian Federation.

Company's site: http://www.praktica.de

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PRAKTICA Luxmedia 14-Z4

16 November, 2010 Preorders already left: 1

Praktica introduces the luxmedia 14-Z5 compact digital camera, featuring a 14 Megapixel 1/2,3-inch CCD, 5x optical zoom lens and a 2.7 inch (6,9cm) TFT color monitor. The camera offers the usual set of features, such as smile detection, face tracking, digital antishake, blink detection,

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PRAKTICA DCZ 12.Z4

16 June, 2011 Preorders already left: 0

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The sales start: unknown Estimated price: unknown

Overview:

The days that camera bodies are available only in black or silver are long gone. The choice seems to be - except for some discussions on heat dissipation - just a matter of taste. Even new SLR cameras are joining the pact as we have seen with the Pentax K-x. For compact cameras, color seems to have become the standard and the new Praktica luxmedia 12-Z4 is no exception. This 12 Mp camera comes in 6 colors and features 4x optical zoom, a 2.7" LCD, and 1280x720 Video mode.

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PRAKTICA luxmedia 12-Z4

16 June, 2011 Preorders already left: 1

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The sales start: unknown Estimated price: $169

Overview:

Praktica has announced a new point-and-shoot camera to its range by launching the Luxmedia 12-Z4. Available in a wide range of color options including silver, pink, petrol, night-blue, bordeaux-red and black, this compact camera sports a 12MP CCD image sensor, a 4x optical zoom lens, a 2.7-inch LCD display, a 32MB of internal memory, an SD/SDHC card slot, a USB 2.0 port and 720p HD video recording at 30fps.

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Pentacon PRAKTICA luxmedia 12-23 chocolate

07 April, 2010 Preorders already left: 1

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The sales start: february 2010 Estimated price: €100

Overview:

Pentacon introduces the new Praktica luxmedia 12-23 digital camera in the nowadays popular chocolate color. The luxmedia 12-23 features a 12 Megapixels CCD, digital camera, 3x optical zoom (35 – 105mm) , a 2.7-inch (6,9 cm) TFT color monitor, 16 MB of built-in memory and supports SDHC cards.

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