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*Shutter: Rubberized silk double cloth curtain, horizontal focal plane
  
*Shutter: Rubberized silk double cloth curtain, horizontal focal plane
 
*Speeds: <ref> As with other Soviet-era rangefinders, the Mir's shutter speed selector rotates when the shutter is released, and should not be changed until after the shutter has been cocked. If you change the shutter speed without cocking the shutter first, the setting pin can be broken when you advance the film and cock the shutter</ref>
  
*Speeds: <ref> As with other Soviet-era rangefinders, the Mir's shutter speed selector rotates when the shutter is released, and should not be changed until after the shutter has been cocked. If you change the shutter speed without cocking the shutter first, the setting pin can be broken when you advance the film and cock the shutter</ref>
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**Speeds 1 /30 -1/500 +B, on the top plate, lift and turn to the desired speed <ref>According to internet sources like Fotoua and SovietCams the Mir has no slow speeds, but there is a slow speeds dial under the high speeds setting dial with 5-25 markings</ref>
 
*Viewfinder: Combined view/range finder, large and bright
  
*Viewfinder: Combined view/range finder, large and bright
 
*Re-winding release switch: Around the shutter release, like a collar, points engravings П (P, re-wind) and Д (D, wind, red)
  
*Re-winding release switch: Around the shutter release, like a collar, points engravings П (P, re-wind) and Д (D, wind, red)
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|colspan=3 align="center"| Mir type 3 (1959)
  
|colspan=3 align="center"| Mir type 3 (1959)

Revision as of 07:30, 13 July 2011

Mir is a 35mm rangefinder film camera, manufactured by Krasnogorsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ) , (=Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk), in Moscow, former USSR. Мир = Mir, means Peace. All Mir produced between 1959-61.

The Mir is slightly simplified version of the well known former Soviet Union) Leica inspired camera, the Zorki 4. Whereas the Zorki 4 was released for export from behind the iron curtain, the Mir was intended for internal consumption only.

It should be noted that about 160000 MIR's were made (between 1959 and 1961), but the Zorki 4 had over 1.7 million made during its rather longer production time. It was offered with the Industar-22 50mm f/3.5, the Industar-26 50mm f/2.8, or the Jupiter-8 50mm f/2. The Jupiter-3 50mm f/1.5 may have been an option, most likely with the Zorki 3 and 4 as an export option.

Because the viewfinder has a true +/- 1:1 magnification, it is 25% more accurate with faster lenses like the Jupiter-8 -3 and -9 (85mm f/2). The FED 2, FED 6 TTL, and Zorki 6 all have a long base rangefinder similar to the pre-war Contax - about 90mm - which offer a similar accuracy but at a lesser viewfinder magnification than the 1:1 of the Zorki-3, 4 and Mir.

There are 3 types and one sub-types. [1]

Type 1

Distinctive features of the type: Early style of inscription "Mir"

Photo in Fotoua

Type 2

Type 2a

  • Distinctive feature of the type: There is a frame around the viewfinder's window
  • Without stop bolt on the hot shoe

Photo Type 2a

Type 2b

  • Distinctive feature of the type: With stop bolt on the hot shoe

Photo Type2b

Type 3

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Mir type 3 (1959)
Image by Süleyman Demir
 (Image rights)

Specifications

Data belongs to the photos in here.

  • Distinctive feature of this type: Without a frame around viewfinder's window
  • Produced between 1959-61
  • (Types 1 and 2 produced only 1959)
  • Distinctive feature of this type: Without a frame around viewfinder's window
  • Lens: Jupiter-8 (ЮРИТЕП-8), 50mm f/2, M39 Leica mount, Filter thread 40.5mm,
    • Aperture: f/2 - f/22
    • Focus range: 1-20m, + infinity
  • Focusing: Matching yellow rangefinder images
  • Shutter: Rubberized silk double cloth curtain, horizontal focal plane
  • Speeds: [2]
    • Speeds 1 /30 -1/500 +B, on the top plate, lift and turn to the desired speed [3]
  • Viewfinder: Combined view/range finder, large and bright
  • Re-winding release switch: Around the shutter release, like a collar, points engravings П (P, re-wind) and Д (D, wind, red)
  • Diopter adjustment lever: Beside the re-winding knob
  • Self-timer: Activates by a small silver knob above the lever, 9 to 15 seconds delay
  • Flash PC sync socket: On the front of the top plate, flash sync at 1/30
  • Take up spool: Special, it can drop down very easily
  • Back cover: Removable with the bottom plate,
  • Others: Cold-shoe; Strap lugs; Tripod socket 3/8inch
  • Engravings on the back of the top-plate: KMZ logo and the serial no: the first two numbers show the production year
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Mir type 3 (1959)

Images by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Notes and references

  1. ↑ as to Alexander Komarov in Fotoua
  2. ↑ As with other Soviet-era rangefinders, the Mir's shutter speed selector rotates when the shutter is released, and should not be changed until after the shutter has been cocked. If you change the shutter speed without cocking the shutter first, the setting pin can be broken when you advance the film and cock the shutter
  3. ↑ According to internet sources like Fotoua and SovietCams the Mir has no slow speeds, but there is a slow speeds dial under the high speeds setting dial with 5-25 markings

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