It is often said that the Nikon F was the first “system” camera. But, that’s not quite true.
It all started with a visionary designer, Siegfried Böhm, who dreamed of a camera more advanced than anything being made in 1948. He developed a new shutter with a single, non-rotating dial for both low and high speeds. This convinced his bosses at Kamera-Werkstätten, in Dresden, East Germany, to approve development of what would become the Praktina FX.
