Description
The RTL 1000's shutter was similar to that used in the Praktica L, a vertically travelling metal shutter which earned a reputation for being incredibly reliable. What it didn't earn a reputation for was whisper quiet operation - the "Praktica clack" is not exactly music to a street photographer's ears. Like the earlier Exaktas, the camera came with a choice of prisms. The standard was a black plastic pentaprism (which gave you a heavily vignette view of the action), a metal waist-level finder & a metering prism. The standard prism also came with a choice of focusing screen aswell. It was almost a system camera. The RTL 1000 usually shipped with a Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Oreston 50/1.8 lens. As Vintage Camera Lenses reports, it is "very good at rendering warm colours & creates a distinctive vintage look". The lens is very soft wide open, & not coated, so has a tendency to flare. I bought it & am selling it with an undeveloped film. Someone's personal photos are inside it. Exacta Rtl 1000 Film Camera, Meyer Optik 1.8/50 Lens, Ddr | Germany Camera
