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'''Zenit''' cameras (sometimes badged in cyrillic, '''ЗЕНИТ''') were made by the [[KMZ]] factory near Moscow.  The original Zenit was an [[SLR]] based on the [[Zorki]] [[rangefinder camera|rangefinder]].
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'''Zenit''' cameras (sometimes badged in Cyrillic, '''ЗЕНИТ''' or '''''Зe<small>H</small>uḿ''''') were made by the [[KMZ]] factory near Moscow.  The original [[Zenit 1|Zenit]] is an [[SLR]] based on the [[Zorki]] [[rangefinder camera|rangefinder]] (itself based on the [[FED]], which is a copy of the Leica II).
  
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The early Zenit SLR have a specific screw mount, 39mm in diameter, sometimes called "ZM39" (or "Zenit M39") to distinguish it from the regular M39 (or [[39mm screw lenses|Leica thread mount]]). If you mount an LTM lens on these cameras you can only focus at close range, not at infinity, due to the lens position.
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The first few Zenit cameras have a 39 mm screw thread lens mount, exactly like that of the Zorki. The differences between the screw thread and that of any Leica-mount lens are trivial, but the SLR Zenit has a deeper body, to accommodate the mirror, so lenses made for the early Zenit are correspondingly shorter. Leica-mount lenses will fit on the camera, but the focus scale will be incorrect, and the lens will only focus at close range (the converse situation, a Zenit M39 lens mounted on a Zorki, is even worse; the lens only focuses 'beyond infinity', i.e. not at all). The early Zenit lenses are sometimes described as having a 'Zenit M39' mount to distinguish it from the more common [[39mm screw lenses|Leica thread mount]]). Some Soviet lenses such as the [[Industar-50]] can be found with an extension tube allowing the same lens to mount on a Zorki (with the tube) or an M39 Zenit (without it). Later Zenits have an M42 screw lens mount; they have the same film-to-flange distance as the 39 mm cameras, so that, with a very simple thread adapter, the early lenses can be used on M42 bodies.
  
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== ZM39 SLR ==
 
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* [[Zenit 1]]<div>http://www.sovietleica.com/camerapedia/zenit/zenitboto.jpg</div>
 
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* [[Zenit S (C)]]<div>http://www.sovietleica.com/camerapedia/zenit/zenitcboto.jpg</div>
 
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* [[Zenit 3]]<div>http://www.sovietleica.com/camerapedia/zenit/3boto.jpg</div>
 
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* [[Zenit 3M]]<div>http://www.sovietleica.com/camerapedia/zenit/3mboto.jpg</div>
 
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* [[Kristall (KMZ)|Kristall]] (Crystal)<div>http://www.sovietleica.com/camerapedia/zenit/kristalboto.jpg</div>
 
  
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== Zenit M39 SLR ==
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|image= http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2928162599_32e977a213_m.jpg
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|image_align= right
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|image_text= [[Kristall]]
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|image_by= Siim Vahur
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|image_rights= with permission
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}}
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{{Flickr_image
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/siimvahur/2708037096/in/pool-camerawiki/
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|image= http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2708037096_796741f3cc_m.jpg
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|image_align= right
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|image_text= [[Zenit C]]
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|image_by= Siim Vahur
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|image_rights= with permission
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}}
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{{Flickr_image
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/century_graphic/5486272427/in/pool-camerawiki/
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|image= http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5137/5486272427_1cce8bb731_m.jpg
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|image_align= right
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|image_text= [[Zenit 1]]
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|image_by= Dustin McAmera
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|image_rights= with permission
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}}
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* [[Zenit 1]]
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* [[Zenit C]] (sometimes called the Zenit S; the 'C' is the Cyrillic S)
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* [[Zenit 3]]
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* [[Kristall (KMZ)|Kristall]] (Crystal)
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* [[Zenit 3M]]
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{{Br}}
 
== Leaf shutter SLR ==
 
== Leaf shutter SLR ==
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* Zenit 4
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{{Flickr_image
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* Zenit 5
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/83675368@N02/7678688940/in/pool-camerawiki/
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* Zenit 6
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|image= http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7678688940_d639815362_m.jpg
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|image_align= right
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|image_text= Zenit 4
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|image_by= crazyglinc
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|image_rights= with permission
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}}
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* [[Zenit 4]]
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* [[Zenit 5]]
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* [[Zenit 6]]
  
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== Breech/M42/Bayonet Triple Mount SLR ==
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{{Br}}
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* Zenit 7
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== Breech/M42/Bayonet triple-mount SLR ==
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* [[Zenit 7]]
  
 
== M42 SLR ==
 
== M42 SLR ==
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{| class="plainlinks" align="right" style="text-align: center;"
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|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/martintaylor/20762341/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://static.flickr.com/15/20762341_2c6124a072_m.jpg]
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/siimvahur/4171598284/in/pool-camerawiki/
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|-
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|image= http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2706/4171598284_576f37ec6c_m.jpg
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|| ''[[Zenit EM]]''
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|image_align= right
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|}
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|image_text= FS-12 Photosniper, exported model, packed<br/>(unpacked, it looks much like the FS-3)
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|image_by= Siim Vahur
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|image_rights= with permission
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}}
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{{Flickr_image
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/siimvahur/4273838151/in/pool-camerawiki/
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|image= http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2754/4273838151_960ce9a1ea_m.jpg  
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|image_align= right
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|image_text= FS-3 Photosniper
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|image_by= Siim Vahur
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|image_rights= with permission
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}}
 
*  Meprozenit E
 
*  Meprozenit E
 
*  Meprozenit Pro
 
*  Meprozenit Pro
 
* [[Zenit 11]]
 
* [[Zenit 11]]
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* [[Zenit 12]], 12SD & 12XP
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* [[Zenit 12]], 12SD & 12XP, 12Pro (Belomo)
 
* [[Zenit 122]]
 
* [[Zenit 122]]
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*   Zenit 15
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* [[Zenit 16|Zenit 15]]
 
*  Zenit 15M (BelOMO)
 
*  Zenit 15M (BelOMO)
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*   Zenit 16
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* [[Zenit 16]]
 
* [[Zenit 18]]
 
* [[Zenit 18]]
 
* [[Zenit 19]]
 
* [[Zenit 19]]
 
* [[Zenit 312M]]
 
* [[Zenit 312M]]
 
*  Zenit 412DX
 
*  Zenit 412DX
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*  Zenit 412LS
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* [[Zenit 412LS]]
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* [[Zenit B]] (real name: Zenit V)
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{{Flickr_image
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{| class="plainlinks" align="right" style="text-align: center;"
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/bottledog/4352417609/in/pool-camerawiki/
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|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/oplesrope/238773399/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/238773399_2af19504f1_m.jpg]
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|image= http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2801/4352417609_0b92b4957d_m.jpg
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|-
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|image_align= right
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|| ''[[Zenit B]]''
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|image_text= <br>Zenit E
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|}
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|image_by= bottledog
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|image_rights= with permission
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}}
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{{Flickr_image
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|image_source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/darerampage/5550125193/in/pool-camerawiki/
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|image= http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5252/5550125193_d94b5ed640_m.jpg
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|image_align= right
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|image_text= <br>Zenit B
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|image_by= darerampage
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|image_rights= with permission
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}}
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* [[Zenit B]] ('Zenit V')
 
*  Zenit BM
 
*  Zenit BM
 
* [[Zenit E]]
 
* [[Zenit E]]
 
* [[Zenit EM]]
 
* [[Zenit EM]]
 
* [[Zenit ET]]
 
* [[Zenit ET]]
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* [[Zenit MT-1 Surprise|Zenit MT-1 'сюрприз']] ('Surprise') ''half-frame'' SLR
 
* [[Zenit TTL]]
 
* [[Zenit TTL]]
 
* [[Zenit Photosniper]]
 
* [[Zenit Photosniper]]
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{{Br}}
  
 
== K-mount SLR ==
 
== K-mount SLR ==
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*  Zenit 21
 
*  Zenit 21
 
*  Zenit 122k
 
*  Zenit 122k
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*  Zenit 212k
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*  [[Zenit 212k]]
 
*  Zenit 22
 
*  Zenit 22
 
*  Zenit AM
 
*  Zenit AM
 
*  Zenit AM2
 
*  Zenit AM2
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*   Zenit APK
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* [[Zenit APK]]
 
* [[Zenit Automat]]
 
* [[Zenit Automat]]
 
*  Zenit KM
 
*  Zenit KM
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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* Princelle, Jean-Loup. ''The Authentic Guide to Russian and Soviet Cameras.'' Hove Foto Books, 2nd edition, 1995. 200 pages. ISBN 1874031630.
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* {{Princelle USSR}}
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [http://www.zenit-camera.com/ Zenit company homepage].
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* [http://www.zenitcamera.com/mans/index-eng.html Instructions Manuals] from KMZ R&amp;D Center, now hosted by Zenit Camera (mostly Russian website, some manuals in English)
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* [http://www.zenitcamera.com/mans/index-eng.html Instructions Manuals] from KMZ R&amp;D Center (Russian website, some manuals in English).
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeK_imagettes.php#Krasnogorsk KMZ cameras] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Collection Appareils] by Sylvain Halgand (in French).
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeK_imagettes.php#Krasno KMZ/Zenit cameras and user manuals] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand.
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/russian.htm Russian camera instruction manuals, PDF format, in English] including various Zenits on [http://www.butkus.org/chinon Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras].
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/russian.htm Russian camera instruction manuals in English] including various Zenits on [http://www.butkus.org/chinon Mike Butkus' Oprhan Cameras].
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180425223527/http://anusf.anu.edu.au/~aab900/photography/cameras/zenit.htm Zenit cameras - including list of alternative brand names] by [https://web.archive.org/web/20170702132036/http://anusf.anu.edu.au/~aab900/ Andrey Bliznyuk] (archived)
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* [http://anusf.anu.edu.au/~aab900/photography/cameras/zenit.htm Zenit cameras - including list of alternative brand names] by [http://anusf.anu.edu.au/~aab900/ Andrey Bliznyuk]
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* [http://www.photo-manuals.com/manual/zenit Zenit Camera Manuals : Photo-Manuals.com]
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* [http://www.photo-manuals.com/tracking/38 Zenit Camera Manuals : Photo-Manuals.com] by Ben Squire.
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* JM Burtscher's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130330102947/www.sovietcamera.fr/ Sovietcamera website] (in French) (archived).
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* JM Burtscher's [http://www.sovietcamera.fr/ Sovietcamera website] in French.
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* [http://www.sovietcams.com/index34eb.html Zenit page] on [http://www.sovietcams.com/ Sovietcams.com].
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* [http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?1111669253 Zenit page] on [http://www.sovietcams.com/ Sovietcams.com].
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090109040406/http://www.rus-camera.com/camera.php?page=zenit Zenit page] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20090201050412/http://www.rus-camera.com/index.php  the Antique Soviet Camera Resource] (archived).
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* [http://www.rus-camera.com/camera.php?page=zenit Zenit page] on [http://www.rus-camera.com/index.php  the Antique Soviet Camera Resource].
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[[Category: Former USSR]]
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[[Category:Soviet cameras]]
 
[[Category: KMZ]]
 
[[Category: KMZ]]
 
[[Category: Topography]]
 
[[Category: Topography]]
 
[[Category: Zenit|*]]
 
[[Category: Zenit|*]]
 
[[Category: Z]]
 
[[Category: Z]]

Latest revision as of 04:36, 13 October 2023


Zenit cameras (sometimes badged in Cyrillic, ЗЕНИТ or ЗeHuḿ) were made by the KMZ factory near Moscow. The original Zenit is an SLR based on the Zorki rangefinder (itself based on the FED, which is a copy of the Leica II).

The first few Zenit cameras have a 39 mm screw thread lens mount, exactly like that of the Zorki. The differences between the screw thread and that of any Leica-mount lens are trivial, but the SLR Zenit has a deeper body, to accommodate the mirror, so lenses made for the early Zenit are correspondingly shorter. Leica-mount lenses will fit on the camera, but the focus scale will be incorrect, and the lens will only focus at close range (the converse situation, a Zenit M39 lens mounted on a Zorki, is even worse; the lens only focuses 'beyond infinity', i.e. not at all). The early Zenit lenses are sometimes described as having a 'Zenit M39' mount to distinguish it from the more common Leica thread mount). Some Soviet lenses such as the Industar-50 can be found with an extension tube allowing the same lens to mount on a Zorki (with the tube) or an M39 Zenit (without it). Later Zenits have an M42 screw lens mount; they have the same film-to-flange distance as the 39 mm cameras, so that, with a very simple thread adapter, the early lenses can be used on M42 bodies.


Zenit M39 SLR

2928162599_32e977a213_m.jpg
Kristall
image by Siim Vahur (Image rights)
2708037096_796741f3cc_m.jpg
Zenit C
image by Siim Vahur (Image rights)
5486272427_1cce8bb731_m.jpg
Zenit 1
image by Dustin McAmera (Image rights)


Leaf shutter SLR

7678688940_d639815362_m.jpg
Zenit 4
image by crazyglinc (Image rights)


Breech/M42/Bayonet triple-mount SLR

M42 SLR

4171598284_576f37ec6c_m.jpg
FS-12 Photosniper, exported model, packed
(unpacked, it looks much like the FS-3)
image by Siim Vahur (Image rights)
4273838151_960ce9a1ea_m.jpg
FS-3 Photosniper
image by Siim Vahur (Image rights)
4352417609_0b92b4957d_m.jpg

Zenit E
image by bottledog (Image rights)
5550125193_d94b5ed640_m.jpg

Zenit B
image by darerampage (Image rights)


K-mount SLR

Prototype SLR (Never or only a few produced)

  • Zenit 11 (1964)
  • Zenit 15
  • Zenit 2000
  • Zenit 66
  • Zenit 9
  • Zenit Automat D
  • Zenit Pre-series
  • Zenit T1-MTL

Compact 35mm

Bibliography

  • Princelle, Jean Loup (2004), The Authentic Guide to Russian and Soviet Cameras ('Made in USSR'), Le Reve Edition. ISBN 2952252106; or the earlier edition: Hove Foto Books, 2nd edition, 1995. 200 pages. ISBN 1874031630. Paperback.

Links

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