Pictured is a FED-Zorki of 1948. This type originated the Zorki line, and its engraving shows the transition from the FED, made in Kharkov to the Zorki, made at KMZ near Moscow. The old KMZ logo on the camera and on the lens can be seen.
Only 5.700 FED-Zorkis were made, and they have always been highly sought collectibles. (Source www.fedka.com)
Some 900 to 1000 FED-Zorki 1949 were made. The first know is s/n 04811, the last 05749. The first known Zorki-1a is 05784. There are no real differences between the 1948 and the 1949 besides the engraving on the top plate for the year. Most of the 1949 units have shutters with 1/500 seconds and crisp paint instead of bright paint under the bottom plate. The last known with 1/1000 seconds speed is 04903. Most of them were cobined with the coated Industar-22 (K340 by Princelle).
Two more photos of an earlier unit #02161 with Industar-22, the second new lens produced after the war, the first was Industar-23 for Moskva cameras. The two last photos of the 1949 # 05159.
Known Serial Numbers:
#body__#lens___________FEDsign/year__speed__collector/source_________passport
00205__000603 ZK 50/1,5_FED on back__1000_e-bay 2015
00221__605 Ind.22 ______FED on back__1000__A.Nikitin
00234__________________FED on back__1000__private
00244__________________FED on back__1000__private
00302__717_____________FED on back__1000__A.Nikitin
00373__Ind.22 MOCKBA________________500__Princelle________probably fake
000390______________no FED on back___500__FAKE on eBay since 2011
00622__________________FED on back__1000__private
00672______________________________1000__private
00697______________________________1000__D.Bessonov_____passport 11/X/48
00704______________________________1000__
00758__002185 ZK50/2___FED on back__1000__ebay
00783______________________________1000__private
00828______________________________1000__D.Bessonov
00883__1196 Ind.22______FED on back__1000__I.Stolyar
00865______________________________1000__
00875__000652 ZK-1,5/5cm 1948________500__DVD-Technik
00925____________________________________private
00956______________________________1000__
00978__000629 ZK-1,5/5cm 1948_______ 1000__private___pasport 9/X/48
00997__000532 ZK-2/5cm 1947_________1000__D.Bessonov____passport 31/IX/48
01026_______________________________500__ebay 2013
01095_______________________________500__private
01356__000807 ZK-1,5/5cm 1948_______1000__PYC___________passport 22/XI/48
01391__1610 Ind.22__________________1000__A.Nikitin
01398______________________________1000__D.Bessonov
01401__000203 ZK50/1.5 1948__________500__private______________fake
01411__000520 ZK50/1,5 1948_________1000__
01416__4453 Ind.22 Moskva____________500__Molotok_____________different top
01424____________________________________private
01436______________________________1000__D.Bessonov
01537__000077 ZK-1,5/5cm 1948_______1000__A.Nikitin
01547______________________________1000__D.Bessonov
01604______________________________1000__
01745__001220 ZK 1:2 F=5cm (collapsible)1000 Elmar lang
01916______________________________1000__D.Bessonov
01933__121 Ind.22___________________1000__private
01992______________________________1000__private
02053______________________________1000__
02101__23110 Ind.22 Moskva____________500__ebay 2014
02110__8566 Ind.22 Moskva_____________500__Jim McGee_____probably fake
02111____________________________________private
02161__Ind.22 ZORKI__________________500__private
02162______________________________1000__USSRBJ
02172______________________________1000__private
02198_______________________________500__private
02281______________________________1000__private
02373_______________________________500__Jacques M.
02452__242 Ind.22___________________1000__private
02523____________________________________ebay
02593__Ind.22 MOCKBA________________500__Juhani
02617______________________________1000__
02627__ZK 2.0 02285_________________1000__avito 06\2017
02670_______________________________500__private________different speed dial
02677_______________________________500__Jim McGee
02757__000472 ZK___________________1000__
02767______________________________1000__SovietCams_________different top
02771__Ind.22 MOCKBA________________500__Westlicht 2010
02777__00708 ZK-1,5/5cm 1948________1000__DVD Technik
02903______________________________1000__D.Bessonov
02913______________________________1000__Ulrich Witte
02917__Ind.22 MOCKBA________________500__ebay 2016_____________FED-parts
02954__Ind.22 ZORKI__________________500__private
02980__Jupiter-3 50mm f1.5 (pt1630 type)____________1000__avito_06/2017
03067__000926 ZK___________________1000__Michel
03101______________________________1000__private
03148______________________________1000__SovietCams
03231______________________________1000__private
03278______________________________1000__Jacques M.
03305__001682 ZK-Zorki 2,0____1948___1000__web
03322__Ind.22_______________________1000__ebay 2016 link
03432______________________________1000__D.Bessonov
03454______________________________1000__
03800_______________________________500__ebay
03827__3823 Ind.22___________________500__A.Nikitin
03875__759 Ind.22____________________500__private
03979________________________1948___500__Johann Somers
03990____________________________________private
03995__2605 Ind.22___________________500__ebay
04084____________________________________private
04091_______________________________500__ebay
04662____________________________________A.Zilbert
04797________________________1948__1000__ebay
04811________________________1949________SovietCams / Aukro
04813________________________1949___500__Jim McGee
04829__1332 Ind.22____________1949__1000________________passport 21/II/49
04869__491123 ZK-Zorki 1,5_____1949___500__A.Nikitin
04916_______Ind.22____________1949___500__Molotok
04945____________________________________private
05042__4902006 ZK-Zorki 2,0____1949___500__A.Nikitin
05050________________________1949___500__private________fake
05056____________________________________D.Bessonov
05159__1363 Ind.22____________1949___500__Jacques M.
05170________________________1949________A.Zilbert
05302__002453 ZK50/2 1948_____1949___500__D.Bessonov
05303_______________________________500__D.Bessonov
05453____________________________________Alzo
05477__000245 ZK50/1,5__________________________________passport 14/III/49
05520_____ZK 50/1,5 N.491909_______________Elmar Lang
05668____________________________________private
05702____________________________________private
05722_______________________________500__A.Berry
05740____________________________________private
05749__4902357 ZK-Zorki 2,0____1949________S.Pseunok
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05784__the first known ZORKI-1a_____________B.Parkinson
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