Pentacon Praktisix, 120 roll film SLR, results Our Praktisix finally had it's first outing in April 2003 during a return trip to Napoli. Despite the weight the camera is pleasant to use, and I find that there are quite a few occasions when the ability to hold the camera over your head to look into the focus screen gives me valuable extra height. The Biometar is quite sharp and this one produces contrasty pictures.

One of the striking things about Napoli is it's similarity to Hanoi in Vietnam. The buildings are distressed and the streets busy with small bikes and scooters...frequently with 3 or more people on board. We spotted up to five...and we have the photographic evidence to prove it, but that picture wasn't with the Praktisix. Another feature of the Praktisix I like (as with some other earlier SLRs) is the mirror remains up at the end of the exposure, this serves as a reminder to wind on. I don't use a prism either and I find this appears to relax people on the receiving end slightly, the reason behind this defeats me but it seems to be so. The large shutter blinds, on the other hand, produce a fair old clap as they gallop across the film plane and thump into their respective stops. It's got character though.

The Island of Capri in the light sea fog and a layer of low stratus just after the rain had stopped.

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