Zenit
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.
The lens mount is in fact a ZM39. If you mount a regular LTM 39 mm lens on these cameras you can only focus at close range, no infinity focus due to the lens position.
Contents
ZM39 SLR
- Zenit 1
- Zenit S (C)
- Zenit 3
- Zenit 3M
- Kristall (Crystal)
Leaf shutter SLR
- Zenit 4
- Zenit 5
- Zenit 6
Breech/M42/Bayonet Triple Mount SLR
- Zenit 7
M42 SLR
- Meprozenit E
- Meprozenit Pro
- Zenit 11
- Zenit 12, 12SD & 12XP
- Zenit 122
- Zenit 15
- Zenit 15M (BelOMO)
- Zenit 16
- Zenit 18
- Zenit 19
- Zenit 312M
- Zenit 412DX
- Zenit 412LS
- Zenit B (real name: Zenit V)
- Zenit BM
- Zenit E
- Zenit EM
- Zenit ET
- Zenit TTL
- Zenit Photosniper
K-mount SLR
- Zenit 14
- Zenit 20
- Zenit 21
- Zenit 122k
- Zenit 212k
- Zenit 22
- Zenit AM
- Zenit AM2
- Zenit APK
- Zenit Automat
- Zenit KM
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. The Authentic Guide to Russian and Soviet Cameras. Hove Foto Books, 2nd edition, 1995. 200 pages. ISBN 1874031630.
Links
- Zenit company homepage.
- Instructions Manuals from KMZ R&D Center (Russian website, some manuals in English).
- KMZ/Zenit cameras and user manuals on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand.
- Russian camera instruction manuals in English including various Zenits on Mike Butkus' Oprhan Cameras.
- Zenit cameras - including list of alternative brand names by Andrey Bliznyuk
- Zenit Camera Manuals : Photo-Manuals.com by Ben Squire.
- JM Burtscher's Sovietcamera website in French.
- Zenit page on Sovietcams.com.
- Zenit page on the Antique Soviet Camera Resource.
