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Alec Scott
tablemix

Australia
3 Posts
Posted - Dec 05 2023 :  5:00:08 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey,

Does anyone happen to be selling a working Zenit 18?

sean perry
seany65
United Kingdom
337 Posts
Posted - Sep 17 2024 :  6:46:08 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello Alex, it'll probably have been sold by the time you read this, but there is one for sale on ebay, as of 17/11/24:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125772058483?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050

the ebay seller is biggerby2002 I have no idea if the seller is good or bad. The seller is in Gdansk, Poland.
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Fred_L
France
226 Posts
Posted - Sep 18 2024 :  2:12:35 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi!!
Are you looking for a body only or with 1.7 square square apperture lens?
Working camera means fully working ? Shutter and meter or shutter only??

Fred
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liukai
30 Posts
Posted - Sep 19 2024 :  07:10:18 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I also really want to collect a Zenit 18
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Fred_L
France
226 Posts
Posted - Sep 19 2024 :  11:50:45 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
OK I understand but do you need body or body with lens and what type of lens?
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Milo Schekkerman
Valkir1987
Netherlands
200 Posts
Posted - Sep 20 2024 :  05:47:47 AM  Show Profile  Click to see Valkir1987's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
I wonder if it uses the same type of circuitry as the Praktica EE2, which uses an optocoupler as 'memory' to store the exposure value during exposure. (the value normally gets lost when the mirror flips up)
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sean perry
seany65
United Kingdom
337 Posts
Posted - Oct 03 2024 :  7:05:13 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I've never heard of an "optocoupler", I presume any camera with any sort of automatic exposure, (whether Speed, Aperture or programmed) uses one?
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Milo Schekkerman
Valkir1987
Netherlands
200 Posts
Posted - Oct 20 2024 :  11:39:10 AM  Show Profile  Click to see Valkir1987's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
During exposure the mirror flips up and the measured value for the exposure time gets lost.

This value needs to be stored electronically (or digitally). Praktica used conventional electronics and storing this exposure value was difficult.

What they did is let the exposure meter light an Led, which would shine on the light sensor for the shutter times. During exposure the Led continued burning. This is the 'optocoupler' Praktica used until better IC's were at hand to replace them. I only knew about this until I stared working on some EE2 cameras and found similarities to the Zenit 19, except for the automatic exposure.

And that's why the Zenit 18 is probably so rare and expensive. I even wonder if the electronic aperture coupling fo the MC Zenitar 1.7 50mm works on Praktica as well.
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Juhani Halmeenmaki
cedricfan
Finland
1020 Posts
My Collection

Posted - Oct 20 2024 :  11:50:40 PM  Show Profile  Visit cedricfan's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I did wonder the same thing about compatibility many years ago, and the have different resistance values.

Best regards,
Juhani
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sean perry
seany65
United Kingdom
337 Posts
Posted - Nov 12 2024 :  7:30:49 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Milo, Thank you for the explanation of what an optocoupler is.
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