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Luiz Paracampo
Posted - Aug 23 2013 : 6:51:09 PM See at camera Articles. the text I tried to include but was impossible
Hybrid camera developed by KMZ group of young designers under the direction of Marentsov (developers - N. M. Marenkov and S. M. Tikhomirov) around 1952. It was a combination of Zork, Kiev and Exakta with Contax bayonet mount. Introduced the combined view-finder with large base range finder,together diopter ajustment. Double dials of speed selections: 1-1/25 and 1/50 - 1/2000; two synchronizing posts and automatic release, removable back cover. "Jupiter-8" lens. Only a small number of prototypes were made.
Regards LP
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Vlad
Posted - Sep 02 2013 : 10:02:25 AM Thanks Luiz for this detailed technical analysis! Very interesting to see how your tie different models together. It's very interesting that KMZ had tried numerous times to introduce contax-type mount into their cameras and every time the cheaper (M39) solution was picked over it. So in the end Arsenal was the only factory monopolizing the "technology" if we're not considering the unknown origin of the TSVVS cameras.. to tell you the truth I think maybe this unknown camera you call TSVVS-2 is more of a Leningrad-2, a logical progression of that particular line .
Cheers, Vlad.
Jacques M.
Posted - Sep 02 2013 : 07:31:18 AM No, I had not. The comparison with other contemporaneous cameras is exciting. If we go farther, I should add the Nikon S which has a Contax bayonet mount and a Leica type shutter. Exactly like the TSVVS.
Thanks for that, Luiz!
Jacques.
Luiz Paracampo
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 7:45:28 PM Hello Jacques Did you see the PDF? Regards LP
Jacques M.
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 08:11:29 AM A very interesting camera, alas never produced. The Princelle says that the Zorki 3 was preferred: less expensive to make...
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