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Zenit 3M

Created by Vlad on 8/27/2007 9:39:35 PM
Last Edited by mermoz37 on 3/8/2008 10:43:23 AM  
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad

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Posted - Jun 10 2008 :  5:21:31 PM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Has anyone seen any more of these Rubin lenses in M39 as Alains shows it in the Zenit 3M entry? This one is #002 , so would it be safe to say that first batch was all M39?

Vladislav Kern
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Posted - Jun 10 2008 :  5:26:02 PM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Mine is 1125 on a Zenit 6 body 6500175 (would it make the camera #175 or they reset the numbers every year?). So if it is camera #175, there must've been 950 Rubins made before the release of camera, maybe all those were M39? Or am I making thing too simple for reality?
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Juhani Halmeenmaki
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Posted - Jun 10 2008 :  11:32:29 PM  Show Profile  Visit cedricfan's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Zenit serials do begin from 00001 every year. Lowest that I have is my AM2 92000002. And lens serials rarely match camera serials in any way, even the year can be different. So in my opinion many cameras/lenses were at stock for a long time before packing.

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okynek
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Posted - Jun 11 2008 :  12:12:41 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Rubin for Zenit 6 and M39 probably have separated head count. IMHO may existed same s/n for both mounts. M39 should be extremely rare. I sow few Zenit 4 lenses (Vega) adapted for M39. Probably Rubin lenses was adapted same way too. But lens on the picture IMHO is genuer; it has different profile then Rubin on Zenit 6.
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Vladislav Kern
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Posted - Jun 11 2008 :  10:20:47 AM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Both valid points! I'm being too naive .. I think this was brought up before too, not sure where it went but the reset on serial #s for KMZ is it only for Zenit?
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