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| Zorki-3 image by Patrick Stacey (Image rights) |
Zorki-3 is a 35mm film rangefinder camera made by KMZ and produced between 1951-56. This is the first major revision of the basic Zorki 1 body by KMZ with quantity 87.569 units (both with Zorki-3M). It is the first Zorki camera which has combined the rangefinder and viewfinder in one eyepiece.
There are 6 types and 8 sub-types of the Zorki-3 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Some features[]
- Lens: Jupiter-8 50mm f/2.0
- Mount: M39 screw mount
- Large combined viewfinder and rangefinder window
- Shutter: focal-plane double cloth shutter, horizontaly moving
- Speeds:
- High speeds: 1/25-1/1000 +B, setting dial on the top plate
- Slow speeds of 1, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10 +T (D), setting by a separate knob on the front of the camera [6]
- Back cover: Removable back similar to the Contax/Kiev bodies
- Diopter adjustment
- Strap lugs
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Typing is as to Alexander Komarov in Fotoua You can also find serial numbers for dating of the cameras in this site.
- ↑ There is another former USSR cameras classification and info in SovietCams by Aidas Pikiotas
- ↑ There are usefull books about cameras of former USSR and have classifications also.
- ↑ Pages from the the book of former USSR cameras by Suglob, Shaternik, Kochergin
- ↑ Discussion about clasifications in the books of Princelle and Suglob, Shaternik, Kochergin in USSR Photo Forum
- ↑ You need to set the slow speeds dial on 1/25 for taking pictures with shutter speeds from 1/25-1/1000 and "B" (otherwise you can broke mechanism of slow shutter speeds).
Links[]
- Martyr's Leica's vs. Eckman's Copies: Zorki-3 by Johnny Martyr
- in Fotoua
- in Sovietcams by Aidas Pikiotas
- on www.collection-appareils.fr
- Zorki 3, all models in Wayne Cornell's photography site
- Geschichte der Zorki 3 - von Guido Studer https://www.g-st.ch/privat/kameras/zorki3.html
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