Praktica
![Praktica LLC with Pancolar 1,8/50 lens, the first 35 mm single-lens reflex camera with electrical diaphragm simulation between interchangeable lenses and camera body (1969)](/Images/godic/202502/04/Praktica_LLC_SLR_black0301.jpg")
![Praktica EE2 SLR from 1977](/Images/godic/202502/04/Praktica_EE2_SLR_black0301.jpg")
![A Praktica BC1 from the early 1980s](/Images/godic/202502/04/Praktica_BC10301.jpg")
![Praktica B100 electronic](/Images/godic/202502/04/Praktica_B100_electronic_camera_with_Pentacon_200mm_lens0301.jpg")
Praktica is a brand of camera manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden in eastern Germany, formerly within the GDR prior to German reunification in 1990. Pentacon is the modern-day successor to Dresden camera firms such as Zeiss Ikon; 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.