Introduced in 1965, the Praktica nova retains the mechanical functionalities of the Praktica VF, but utilized a slightly smaller unified chassis with more conventional controls. A focussing screen incorporating fresnel condenser and split-image rangefinder, self-zeroing frame counter, fold-out rewind crank are all adopted as standard.
Towards the end of its production a small number of examples were especially marked "mr", and features microprism focussing spot instead of split-image rangefinder. |