Zorki-3M is a 35mm film rangefinder camera made by KMZ and produced between 1954-55 .
Further improvement of the Zorki-3 resulted in the 3M. It has a combined speed control for fast and slow speeds. The new designed shutter speed mechanism is used in the successors: 3S, 4, and 4K.
There are 3 types and 2 sub-types of the Zorki-3 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Some features[]
- Lens: Jupiter-8 50mm f/2.8
- Mount: M39 screw mount
- Large combined viewfinder and rangefinder window
- Shutter: focal-plane double cloth shutter, horizontaly moving
- Speeds: : 1-1/1000 +B, setting dial on the top plate
- Back cover: Removable, with the bottom plate
- 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
Links[]
- in Fotoua
- in Sovietcams by Aidas Pikiotas
- Krasnogorsk Zorki 3M at www.collection-appareils.fr
- Zorki 3, all models in Wayne Cornell's photography site
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FED-Zorki | 1 | S | 2 | 2-S | 3 | 3M | 3S | 4 | 4K | Mir | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 |35M |