Pentacon

Pentacon
IndustryImaging
FoundedDresden, Germany
1964; 60 years ago (1964)
HeadquartersDresden, Germany
Productscameras and other optical equipment
Websitehttp://pentacon.de
Pentacon Six TL Medium format camera
Pentacon 200mm/4 lens mounted on Praktica B100
Pentacon Scan 7000
Pentacon 2.8/135 lens

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.