Zorki 10
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Manufacturer: KMZ Date of Production: 1964-78 Type of Camera: Rangefinder Film Type: 35mm Lens: Industar 63 - 45mm f/2.8 (Tessar) Shutter: Electronic Leaf Shutter speed range: 1/30-1/250th + B ASA/ISO range: 20-320 ASA or 16-250 GOST Viewfinder: Combined rangefinder type Focus range: 1.5m to infinity Size: 129 x 77 x 76 mm Weight: 750 g |
The Zorki 10 is a fixed-lens Zorki coupled rangefinder camera with an integrated light meter. Selenium meter cells surround the lens. This was the first fully automatic camera produced in the former Soviet Union, as well as the first to use ASA/DIN markings rather than the Soviet GOST numbers, however these ASA numbers were still mostly useless as they didn't match any known film speeds. (Some Zorki 10 cameras apparently had GOST numbers instead of ASA though, as it's shown in a Polish camera manual). The Zorki 10 was evidently KMZ's copy of the Ricoh Auto 35V/Ricohmatic 35.
The shutter release is a small lever protruding from the right-hand side of the lens. Shutter speeds from 1/30s to 1/250s[1] were available in automatic mode. It also provided a B (bulb) setting, though there is no way to attach a cable release. Apertures from 2.8 to 22 with constant shutter speed of 1/30 s could be set in manual mode, intended for use with an electronic flash. Flash sync is possible at all shutter speeds through the PC terminal. There is an accessory shoe provided, but it does not sync with flash.
The Zorki 11 is a Zorki 10 without the coupled rangefinder mechanism, but with distance symbols visible in the viewfinder. This model was only made between 1964 and 1967 with 60745 units produced. There is also a export version marked as the Zorki Junior.
Other technical specifications
- Viewfinder magnification: 0.65x
- Rangefinder base: 38 mm
- Exposure metering: external with selenium meter
- Aperture range: f/2.8 – f/22
- Flash sync: 1/30th
- Self-timer: Mechanical, 8 to 15 second delay
- Filter thread: 52.5mm x 0.75mm pitch
- Tripod thread: 1/4" or 3/8” (depending of manufacture period)
Gallery
Zorki 10
Zorki 10 with case and lens hood image by Chemnitzer (Image rights) |
Zorki 10 image by Paul Clayton (Image rights) |
Zorki 10 image by Siim Vahur (Image rights) |
Zorki 10 image by Achim Pfennig (Image rights) |
Zorki 11
Zorki 11, Front/Top/Bottom/Rear open |
Notes
- ↑ There are conflicting data about the fastest shutter speed - 1/250s is given by the user's manual, while different Soviet books give both 1/250s and 1/500s.
Links
- Photoethnography's Zorki 10 page
- A Russian Zorki 10 page
- Alfred's Camera Page - the Zorki 10
- Zorki 10 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- Zorki 10 and Revue 10 at Kurt Tauber's [1]
- A review in Polish - Zorki 10 at Aparaty Tradycyjne (Traditional Cameras) web site [2]
- Zorki 11 page at Fotoua.com
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