Praktica B lenses on Fujifilm X

What the adapter has to do

Praktica B is a bayonet, so an M42 adapter won't take these lenses. Look for one sold for Praktica B, sometimes listed as PB. Prakticar lenses have three electrical contacts in the mount that send the set aperture to the camera, a system Pentacon called EDC. A plain adapter has no contacts, so the camera never sees the lens's aperture setting.

Set up your Fujifilm X camera

1. 01Set SHOOT WITHOUT LENS to ON (Button/Dial Setting menu) so the shutter fires on a plain adapter.
2. 02Under MOUNT ADAPTOR SETTING, enter the lens's true focal length. The camera stores up to six lenses, with optional distortion, color shading and peripheral illumination corrections.
3. 03Under MF ASSIST in the AF/MF Setting menu, pick a manual-focus aid, FOCUS PEAK HIGHLIGHT, DIGITAL SPLIT IMAGE or DIGITAL MICROPRISM.

What each lens becomes

Fujifilm X has no full-frame bodies. On a smaller sensor the frame is cropped, so each lens frames like a longer one. The f-number still sets exposure, while the depth of field looks like the larger number shown.

The Praktica B lenses we cover

• 50mm f/1.8

  Zeiss Jena · Praktica B

  Carl Zeiss Jena Prakticar 50mm f/1.8

  1979–1982

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