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Jim Byrd
JimmyB
USA
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Jacques M.
France
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 Posted - May 01 2013 : 02:44:27 AM
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Hello Jim,
Very probably, the cover and the body don't belong to the same series.
On the first series, the serial number was engraved on the cover. On the last one, it was on the back of he body. You should have an early body with a last cover...
Amitiés. Jacques. |
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Jim Byrd
JimmyB
USA
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Jacques M.
France
2604 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2013 : 05:30:51 AM
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Zorki 1s don't have strap lugs or flash plugs. Usually!..
The moulding of reinforcement round the lens comes with the 1d; the difference of engraving (back rather than cover) at the end of 1d (1954). And the normalized speeds (1/25th..., rather than 1/20th...) with the 1e.
The card shows couples of speeds/diaphragms with the normalized speeds. If the speed dial shows the same normalized speeds, your camera should be a 1e. As for the lack of serial number, there can be several possibilities: forgetting, parts changed during repair...
Amitiés. Jacques.
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Jacques M.
France
2604 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2013 : 05:45:37 AM
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Looking closely to your pictures, it seems the speed dial reads "1/20th, 1/30th..." so, the old range (up to the 1d).
It would be fine to have a picture of the front part too, to see the moulding: round the lens or not?
Jacques. |
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Jim Byrd
JimmyB
USA
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Jacques M.
France
2604 Posts |
Posted - May 03 2013 : 05:00:29 AM
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No moulding round the lens, so, it's a 1c.
For the lack of serial number: the cover was changed. Or the workman in charge of the engraving had drunk too much...
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Jim Byrd
JimmyB
USA
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Posted - May 03 2013 : 6:14:47 PM
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oops-1c! I know what happens when numbers(production output) take precedence over all else 
I'm going with the inebriated engraver theory myself because it siounds more fun for the worker at least. I think this accounts for engraving errors in the other thread as well 
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Niko80
Austria
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Posted - May 04 2013 : 4:54:05 PM
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I doubt that being caught drunk at work in a Stalin-era NKVD labor commune was much fun for the worker involved...
There is a reason the quality of post-war equipment was quite high. |
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No serial number camera
