FED-Zorki

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FED-Zorki
Manufacturer: KMZ Date of Production: 1947-49 Type of Camera: Rangefinder Film Type: 35mm Lens: M39 Screw mount Shutter: Cloth focal plane Shutter speeds: 1/20-1/500th or 1/1000th + B (Z) Focus: Rangefinder, separate window Viewfinder: Separate, 50mm FoV

The FED-Zorki is a 35mm rangefinder camera with M39 screw mount interchangeable lenses manufactured by the KMZ plant in Krasnogorsk, Moscov, USSR, between 1947-49. Зоркий = Zorki, means Sharp Sight. Zorki cameras have their roots in the FED line of Leica copies. During WW2, the Soviet camera factory FED was evacuated to escape advancing German troops. After the war FED had troubles getting the 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).

Links

• earliest KMZ-built FED and Fed-Zorki 1948, 1949 models at SovietCams.com
• Fed-Zorki at www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)