1960s PRAKTICA IV F
This was my first serious camera. Acquired in the early 1960s this was, at the time the cheapest 35mm singles lens reflex.
Made by VEB Pentacon in the DDR (East Germany) this camera was quite basic, although I think it was fitted with an instant return mirror, differentiating it from the Practica IV. Speeds were 1/2-1/500 +B, and the lens fitted was a Meyer Domiplan which I described as having the resolution of the bottom of a beer bottle (I couldn’t afford the better Zeiss Jena Tessar, also 50mm F2.8).