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Used Praktica LTL3

1975

£12.62 Low price

£85.00 High price

22 Listings

2 Retailers

3 New this week

6 Reduced

Great for: student beginner general

Praktica's mid-70s stop-down TTL M42 SLR — the LTL3, CdS metering, manual exposure, 1975.

The Praktica LTL3 is a 35mm film SLR built by VEB Pentacon in Dresden, East Germany, a mid-1970s revision within the long-running L-series line. It continued the stop-down TTL-metered M42 formula of the earlier LTL with detail changes, remaining an inexpensive metered body aimed at first-time system buyers and exported widely to the UK market.

It is an M42 screw-mount SLR using a vertical-travel metal focal-plane shutter with speeds up to 1/1000 plus B. Metering is battery-powered CdS through the lens, operated stop-down: the aperture is closed via a lever and a needle in the pentaprism finder is matched for correct exposure. Exposure is manual only. The shutter is mechanically timed and fires with a flat battery, while the meter needs a cell to work.

The LTL3 suits students and general users after a rugged, low-cost TTL camera and comfortable with stop-down metering. It shares the plain but durable handling of its siblings and works with the huge pool of affordable M42 lenses, so a usable kit costs little; the dimmed metering finder and fully manual operation are the expected trade-offs.

On the used market, check the CdS meter responds and remember the design assumed a mercury cell near 1.35V, so modern batteries can bias readings unless compensated. Run the shutter through its speeds listening for capping, and inspect the perishable foam light seals and mirror damper. Look for prism desilvering or foam haze, test film advance and rewind feel, verify the stop-down lever functions, and check the focusing screen is clean and unmarked.

Avg £22, down 6.7% over 2 weeks

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Used Praktica LTL3 price history

Tracking the used Praktica LTL3 price? Over the past two weeks, the average has fallen 6.7%, from £23 to around £22. Depending on shutter count and condition, expect to pay between £15 and £35 for a used body.

Average market price (line) and typical price range (shaded). Source: UsedLens daily price index, 8 Jul – 4 Aug 2026.