page_title: Pentacon
hierarchical_section_title: Pentacon
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Pentacon Scanner-Kamera Scan 7000
context_page_description: Pentacon is the company name of a camera manufacturer in Dresden, Germany.
  The name Pentacon is derived from the brand Contax of Zeiss Ikon Kamerawerke in Dresden and Pentagon, as a Pentaprism for Single-Lens Reflex cameras was for the first time developed in Dresden. The cross section of this prism has a pentagonal shape.
  Pentacon is best known for producing the SLR cameras of the Praktica-series as well as the medium format camera Pentacon Six, the Pentacon Super and various cameras of the Exa series.
  Pentacon also produced slide projectors.
context_section_description: Pentacon is the company name of a camera manufacturer in Dresden, Germany. 
  The name Pentacon is derived from the brand Contax of Zeiss Ikon Kamerawerke in Dresden and Pentagon, as a Pentaprism for Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras was for the first time developed in Dresden. The cross section of this prism has a pentagonal shape.
  Pentacon is best known for producing the SLR cameras of the Praktica-series as well as the medium format camera Pentacon Six, the Pentacon Super and various cameras of the Exa series. 
  Pentacon also produced slide projectors.
caption: Pentacon Scan 7000
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