Zorki

Zorki one of the widest known brand in soviet photo industry. It was the second quite successful attempt to produce mass-market Leica rangefinder camera copies. During WW2, The Soviet camera factory FED was evacuated to escape advancing German troops. After the war FED had troubles getting FED rangefinder camera brand, (a copy of the pre-war German Leica 35mm camera), back into production. Because KMZ plant had escaped destruction, that company started making the FED camera under a joint FED-Zorki logo in 1948. When FED got back in operation, KMZ continued to produce the rangefinder cameras under the Zorki trademark (intended for export either) and made some design changes. Other cameras produced by KMZ are Moskva folding and Drug rangefinder.

Screw-mount Rangefinders

Zorki-1 (1953), Type 7a image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Zorki-4 (1968), Type 11a image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Zorki-5 (1959), type 5b image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

• FED-Zorki
• MIR
• Zorki 1
• Zorki S
• Zorki 2
• Zorki 2S
• Zorki 3
• Zorki 35M (prototype)
• Zorki 3M
• Zorki 3S
• Zorki 4
• Zorki 4K
• Zorki 5
• Zorki 6

Fixed-lens Rangefinders

• Zorki 10
• Zorki 11
• Zorki 12

Bibliography

• Princelle, Jean-Loup. The Authentic Guide to Russian and Soviet Cameras. Hove Foto Books, 2nd edition, 1995. 200 pages. ISBN 1874031630.

Links

• Fotoua by Alexandr Komarov
• in Sovietcams
• in Cameraquest
• in Tigers Lair by Tom A. H. Piel
• in Alfred's Camera Page
• FED Zorki Survival Site Repair and Adjustment of FED and Zorki
• Zorkis and FED repair notes
• A german Zorki page

In French:

• Zorki pages on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand