Zorki 4K
Description
The Zorki 4K is a 1970s Soviet-era Leica copy. While KMZ did produce a Zorki 5 and a Zorki 6, the Zorki 4K is actually the latest camera in the line, produced from 1972 to 1978. It is basically a Zorki 4 with the addition of a fixed take-up spool and a film advance lever instead of the knurled thumb-wheel.
The camera came fitted with a Jupiter 8 50mm f/2 lens and a two-piece everready case.
Quirks
As with other Soviet-era rangefinders, the shutter-speed selector rotates when the shutter is released, and is should not be changed until after the shutter has been cocked. If you change the shutter speed before you cock the shutter first, the setting pin can be broken when you advance the film and cock the shutter.
Similar to its predecessor, it has silk-screened shutter speed markings that can wear out over time, unlike the Zorki-5 and Zorki-6, which had these markings engraved.
