Pentacon Six TL

The Pentacon Six TL is a medium format camera. It is the successor of the Pentacon Six, but it is only characterized by a really big change. Instead of the viewfinder, the TL model has a prism viewfinder attachment with built-in exposure meter. The VEB Pentacon Dresden produced them in East Germany from 1968 to 1990.

The Pentacon Six TL comes with interchangeable lenses. For this purpose a Praktisix bayonet / Pentacon Six bayonet / P6 bayonet was used. It is necessary to focus the lens manually on the desired subject. Especially from Zeiss there are many interesting lenses that can be used with the medium format camera.

The camera’s exposure meter is located in the replaceable viewfinder attachment. The exposure time and apertures must be transferred from the measurement result. Measured through the lens and gets the power from a V625U battery (eBay / Amazon*).

The camera has bulb mode. An external flash can be used via the PC flash socket. A tripod can be connected to the Pentacon Six TL. A cable release can also be used with the camera. In addition, the self-timer can be used to take pictures.

Films for the Pentacon Six TL

The Pentacon Six TL exposes 120 films. These types of photo films are manufactured by some companies. For black-and-white medium format shots, the Kodak T-Max 100* a good choice. For color images you can use the Kodak Portra 400*. The camera also can be used with 220-film.

The negatives are created in 6×6 format. After just twelve pictures, the film is full, no comparison to the 36 shots of a 35mm film. There is no automatic film transport. The film must be winded by hand.