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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
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Yuri Boguslavsky
fedka
USA
241 Posts
My Collection
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 Posted - May 29 2025 : 4:46:27 PM
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| Vlad, the picture inside the mount - does it look like a half of the frame is masked? Horizontally? |
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Ulrich W.
uwittehh
Germany
867 Posts
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Posted - May 30 2025 : 10:52:21 AM
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Vlad, a really weird camera! Never seen something before and I have bo idea what it could be used for.
Yuri, for me the mask looks like the normal frame border mask that is inside.
Ulrich
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Jacques M.
France
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Posted - May 30 2025 : 4:11:51 PM
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Hi Vlad,
On your last photo, the release spring seems curious.
- Its head, with the hole, looks like a Zorki 2's for the coupling of the selftimer. No need here.
- The curved cut out spring, with its relative disc, is used to engage/disengage the slow speed spring, on the Leica III, for example. No need here, once more.
A detail more, the release button visibly belongs to a late prewar Fed, or an early Fed-Zorki/Zorki 1a. Whereas the mechanism (and the serial number) are much younger.
A question: does it work, as it is?
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4268 Posts
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Posted - May 30 2025 : 4:56:49 PM
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Sorry for late reply,
Yuri: no, it's a regular full frame, as Ulrich said it's a normal frame border mask
Jacques: it does work but as with most of these cameras stored for a while, the slow speeds are slugging, it's a very strange mix of things and mechanism doesn't look normal to me at all..
Best,
Vlad
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4268 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - May 30 2025 : 4:58:21 PM
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| Jacques, the button is from FED or early Zorkis but the collar around it never seen before. |
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Special purpose Zorki?
