Used Praktica MTL5 for Sale — From £14 | UsedLens.co.uk

£14.49 Low price

£160.96 High price

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Great for: student beginner general

Praktica's early-80s budget M42 SLR — the MTL5, stop-down CdS TTL, manual exposure, 1983.

The Praktica MTL5 is a 35mm film SLR from VEB Pentacon in Dresden, East Germany, produced in the early 1980s as a later member of the MTL branch of the L-series. It kept the established stop-down TTL M42 formula while the company was already moving toward the bayonet Praktica B system, serving as an affordable manual screw-mount option that continued to sell strongly in the UK.

It is an M42 screw-mount SLR with a vertical-travel metal focal-plane shutter running to 1/1000 plus B. The MTL5 uses a battery-powered CdS through-the-lens meter with stop-down operation, closing the aperture by a lever and matching a needle in the pentaprism finder. Exposure is manual only. The mechanically timed shutter fires without a battery, while the meter needs a cell; the design typically used a small silver-oxide or comparable cell rather than the older mercury type.

The MTL5 suits students and general users wanting a durable, low-cost manual SLR with honest metering, comfortable with stop-down technique. Handling is plain and the body substantial, and the enormous M42 lens pool keeps costs down, making it a practical learning tool. The darkened metering finder and total lack of automation are the expected compromises.

On the used market, check the meter responds with the correct battery and reads sensibly, since accuracy drifts on aged CdS cells. Fire the shutter through all speeds to detect capping or sticking, and inspect the foam light seals and mirror-damper foam for perishing typical of the era. Look for prism desilvering or haze, test advance and rewind feel, and confirm the stop-down lever, meter switch and focusing screen all function cleanly.

Avg £25, down 41.2% over 2 weeks

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Used Praktica MTL5 price history

Tracking the used Praktica MTL5 price? Over the past two weeks, the average has fallen 41.2%, from £43 to around £25. Depending on shutter count and condition, expect to pay between £20 and £84 for a used body.

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