Zenit MT-1 Surprise
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The Zenit MT-1 сюрприз ('Surprise') is a half-frame 35 mm SLR camera made by KMZ from 1979 until about 1990.[1] It is based on the full-frame Zenit 19, and is designed for medical photography.[2]
The camera has an M42 lens mount; the standard lens is a Helios-44M-4 50 mm f/2[2] or a Helios-77M-4 50 mm f/1.8 as shown here. The camera can accept any lens with an M42 fitting; however a small number of lenses were made specially for it; Communist Cameras lists a 50 mm f/7 Industar-50 MT and a 30 mm f/3.5 Mir-25 MT; he also shows a picture of the camera in a kit with an endoscope.[2]
Unlike the Zenit 19, the MT-1 has no light meter.
At least some of the cameras have a fixed data back, which can imprint a number from 1 to 31 on the film. McKeown and Communist Cameras both show examples where the data back takes its power from a socket placed where the example illustrated has its self-timer lever.[1][2]
Communist Cameras states that the MT-1 requires three PX625 batteries to function.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p556.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Zenit MT-1 at Nathan Dayton's Communist Cameras; notes and several pictures of the camera and accessories.
