Zenith (camera)

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Zenith 12

Zenit ( Russian Зенит ) is a brand name for cameras from the former Soviet Union ; they were manufactured in the mechanical factory Krasnogorsk ( Krasnogorski Mechanitscheski Sawod , KMZ) and in the optical-mechanical factory Belarus ( Belarusskoe Optiko-Mechanitscheskoe Objedinenie , BelOMO ), which arose from a merger of the Minski Mechanitscheski Sawod (MMZ) and the Vilieka Belarus .

Zenit has been making single lens reflex cameras since 1951 . The cameras in the Zenit E series are now among the most frequently sold cameras in the world.

Today BelOMO produces optical and mechanical individual parts, assemblies and devices in a joint venture with Carl Zeiss .

Model series

A classic Zenit E with a Helios 44-2 lens, built in 1971
  • Zenit E (intermediate production 1965 and 1981 , equipped initially with zm39 - screw thread , and later with M42 thread; the KMZ manufactured approximately 3.5 million zenith E cameras, the MMZ turned around 5 million fro 1973 to 1986, at least more)
  • E-series subtypes: ES , EM , ET , MTL , SLX
  • The rarer model Zenit B corresponds to model E , only the selenium light meter is missing.

Discontinued model series

Zenit TTL
  • Zenith
  • Zenit-C
  • Zenith-3
  • Zenit-3M
  • Zenit-4, Zenit-5, Zenit-6,
  • Zenit-7
  • Zenit-D automat
  • Zenit-L (prototype)
  • Zenit-AM, Zenit-AM-2
  • Zenit-B, Zenit-B-Global
  • Zenit-BE-2
  • Zenit-BM
  • Zenit-10, Zenit-11
  • Zenit-TTL, Zenit-TTL MMZ
  • Zenit-12
  • Zenit-12XP, 12XL, 12XS, 12PRO, 12XSL, 12CD,
  • Zenit-130 (1998)
  • Zenith-14th
  • Zenit-T1,
  • Zenit AC
  • Zenith crystal
  • Zenit FS-12 photo sniper
  • Zenit-15, Zenit-15M, Zenit-15M Elite
  • Zenit-16
  • Zenit-TL-E
  • Zenit-18, Zenit-19
  • Zenit surprise
  • Zenit-21XS
  • Zenit-22 (prototype)
A zenith 122

current models (KMZ):

    • Zenith 122, 122b, 122k
    • Zenit-212k
    • Zenith-312m
    • Zenit-412DX, 412LS
    • Zenith KM
Zenit "Horizon 202" panorama camera for 35 mm film
  • various compact cameras Zenit-510,520,610,620
  • Zenitar brand lenses

Some models from the Zenit E series were marketed in Germany by Foto Quelle under the label Revueflex, Revueflex-E, Revueflex-EM . In the USA, cameras from the Zenit EM model series by Paul Klingenstein and Henry Froehlich are imported and sold as Cosmorex SE .

literature

  • Jean Loup Princelle: The Authentic Guide to Russian & Soviet Cameras . Hove Photo Books 2002. ISBN 1-874031-68-1
  • Yrrah Kesardnov: Russian cameras 1930-1990, a reference work . (Self-published) 1993 - Presentation of 66 classic cameras
  • Isaak S. Maizenberg: First complete guide to 110 Russian cameras . Chicago, USA
  • D. Bunimovitch: Russian cameras . Moscow 1950

swell

  1. ↑ Matt's Classic Cameras: Zenit 12cd

Web links

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