SLR lens mount

Praktica B mount

Everything about the Praktica B: flange focal distance, native lenses, cameras and which adapters keep infinity focus.

44.40 mm
Flange focal distance
1978
Introduced
SLR
System type
0
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Mount facts#

Mount
Praktica B
Maker
Pentacon
Type
SLR
Flange focal distance
44.40 mm
Formats
Full frame
Electronic contacts / AF
No (mechanical / manual)
Production
1978–1990

About the Praktica B#

Bayonet of later Praktica SLRs.

Adapting basics#

A lens can be adapted with simple tube spacers when its flange distance is longer than the camera's. With 44.40 mm, Praktica B lenses can in principle go on bodies with shorter flanges such as Canon FD, Canon FL, Start, Konica AR, Konica F-mount, Four Thirds. Bodies with this mount can take lenses from longer-flange systems such as Pentax K, M42 screw mount, M37×1, Contax/Yashica (C/Y), Mamiya Z, Deckel (DKL), Braun Paxette Reflex DKL-mount, Voigtländer Vitessa T DKL-mount.

Sources & licences#

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