Zorki 2-S

Zorki 2-S type 6 (1959) image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

[1][2][3] Zorki 2-S is a 35mm film rangefinder camera made by KMZ and produced between 1955-60 with quantity 214.903 units. Зоркий 2-C = Zorki 2-S, Zorki means Sharp Sight.

The Zorki 2-C has both flash synchronization and a self timer. It also has strap lugs on the body, something the Zorki C lacked. Zorki 2-C came both with collapseable and fixed Industar-50 lens.

There are 6 types and 6 sub-types of the Zorki 2-S. ^[1]

Zorki 2-S type 6 (1959) Images by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Specifications[]

Lens: Industar-22 (ИНДУСТАР) 50mm f/3.5 collapsable, Mount: M39 screw filter: slip on
- Aperture: f/3.5-f/16 setting: ring and scale on front of the lens
- Focus range: 0.5-20m +inf
- Lens release: simply turn counter clockwise
Focusing: match the rangefinder images in the rangefinder eyepiece (left side one on back of the top plate), by turning the lever behind the lens
Shutter: rubberized cloth horizontal focal plane shutter, speeds: 1/25-1/500
- Setting: dial on the top plate ^[2]
Shutter release: on the top plate
Cocking knob: also winds the film, on the right of the top plate
Frame counter: decreasing type, manual reset, beneath the cocking knob
Viewfinder: simple reverse telescope finder, eye-piece on the right of the rangefinder eyepiece
Rangefinder: on the back left side of the top plate, yellow rangefinder images, very small
Re-wind knob: on the left side of top plate
Re-wind release: turn the shutter release collar to Л
Cold-shoe
Flash PC socket: on front of the camera, it is possible to set the duration by a lever and scale beneath the speeds dial
Tripod socket: 3/8"
Film loading: bottom loading, bottom plate opens by a pop-up lever on it
Engravings around the back cover opening ring: ЗAКР - ОTKP (Zakr-Otkr = Close-Open). ОTKP is an abbreviation for ОТКРЫТЫЙ
Take up spool: special removable type
Body: metal; Weight: 578g
serial no. first two digits show the production year, on the back of the top plate

Zorki 2-S type 6 (1959) Images by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Notes and references[]

↑ as to Alexandr Komarov
↑ As with other Soviet era rangefinders, the 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.

Links[]

in Fotoua by Alexandr Komarov
in Sovietcams by Aidas Pikiotas
Krasnogorsk Zorki 2S at www.collection-appareils.fr

Zorki cameras
FED-Zorki \| 1 \| S \| 2 \| 2-S \| 3 \| 3M \| 3S \| 4 \| 4K \| Mir \| 5 \| 6 \| 10 \| 11 \|35M

[1] s to Alexandr Komarov

[2] As with other Soviet era rangefinders, the 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.

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