Zorki

Zorki one of the widest known brand in Soviet photo industry. It was the second quite successful attempt to produce mass-market Leica rangefinder camera copies. During WW2, The Soviet camera factory FED was evacuated to escape advancing German troops. After the war FED had troubles getting FED rangefinder camera brand, (a copy of the pre-war German Leica 35mm camera), back into production. Because KMZ plant had escaped destruction, that company started making the FED camera under a joint FED-Zorki logo in 1948. When FED got back in operation, KMZ continued to produce the rangefinder cameras under the Zorki trademark (intended for export either) and made some design changes. Other cameras produced by KMZ are Moskva folding and Drug rangefinder.

Screw-mount Rangefinders

Zorki-1 (1953), (type 7a) image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Zorki-3 image by glenirah (Image rights)

Zorki-4 (1968), (type 11a) image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Zorki-5 (1959), (type 5b) image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Zorki-6 image by Siim Vahur (Image rights)

Model	Produced between
FED-Zorki	1948-49
Zorki 1	1948-56
Zorki S	1955-58
Zorki 2	1954-56
Zorki 2S	1955-60
Zorki-3	1955-56
Zorki-3M	1954-55
Zorki-3S	1955-56
Zorki-4	1956-73
Zorki-4K	1972-78
Zorki-5	1958-59
Zorki-6	1959-66

Fixed-lens Rangefinders

• Zorki 10
• Zorki 12

Fixed lens viewfinders

• Zorki 11

Bibliography

In English

• Princelle, Jean Loup - Made In USSR - The Authentic Guide To Russian And Soviet Cameras, Le Reve Edition, 2004 (ISBN 2952252106 (ISBN13: 9782952252102) Paperback

In Russian

• 1200 Cameras from USSR by Suglob, Shaternik, Kochergin, 2009 , more info about book

Links

• Fotoua by Alexandr Komarov
• in Sovietcams
• in Cameraquest
• in Tigers Lair by Tom A. H. Piel
• in Alfred's Camera Page
• FED Zorki Survival Site Repair and Adjustment of FED and Zorki
• Zorkis and FED repair notes
• A german Zorki page

In French:

• Zorki pages on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand