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Sergey Kurshpetov
Kurshpetow
Ukraine
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Sergey Kurshpetov
Kurshpetow
Ukraine
11 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 19 2023 : 01:37:33 AM
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| New price 450$ |
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sean perry
seany65
United Kingdom
337 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2023 : 6:41:30 PM
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What Festival is the camera celebrating, Kurshpetow?
Out of curiosity (as I couldn't afford to buy one now, nor do I have the space), are Zenit C shutters reliable? I don't mean for heavy use or anything, but if say 3 films were put through in a year would the shutter work for all 3 films?
Some years ago I bought one from a seller on ebay. I can't remember how much I paid, but I think it didn't seem expensive at the time. Unfortunately something went wrong with the shutter as I was running through the speeds to check them, (I don't know if it's necessary with these old Zenits but I was obeying the Zorki rule of winding on before changing the speed) so I sent it back for repair. The seller did so but He'd made the mistake of cleaning the edge of the focusing screen and it made a big difference, so I asked if He could do the same to the rest of the screen and He did, it was at least 2 stops brighter if not more. I probably annoyed Him a bit by asking Him to do it though. But the shutter went wrong again so I sent it back and either got a refund or asked Him to send me a Fed 2 instead. That worked well enough, although rangefinder patch was very pale. Then after a while I noticed that the patch seemed to be slightly to the right of viewfinder frame so I sent an ebay message asking Him about it but I didn't receive a reply. I'd probably annoyed Him too much. |
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Jul 27 2023 : 7:50:19 PM
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| Sean, this is Youth Festival of 1957 camera. There were Zorki-C, Zorki-2C, Zorki-4 and Zenit-C with such engraving. Zenit-C and the Zorki-4 are the hardest to find, especially with this full kit. |
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sean perry
seany65
United Kingdom
337 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2023 : 6:36:20 PM
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| Thanks for the info, Vlad. |
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Sergey Kurshpetov
Kurshpetow
Ukraine
11 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2023 : 10:45:57 AM
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| To be honest, I do not like zeniths as a camera for shooting, so it's hard for me to talk about the strength of the shutter. |
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sean perry
seany65
United Kingdom
337 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2023 : 7:33:28 PM
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Thanks for the reply, Sergey.
Does anyone have any idea if zenit C's can take dioptre/eyepiece correction lenses? |
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Sergey Kurshpetov
Kurshpetow
Ukraine
11 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2023 : 07:30:53 AM
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| I have not seen original devices, except that you can try to print something similar on a 3D printer |
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sean perry
seany65
United Kingdom
337 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2023 : 11:06:08 AM
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| A lens (in this case a dioptre correction lens) can be printed? |
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Sergey Kurshpetov
Kurshpetow
Ukraine
11 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2023 : 2:15:30 PM
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| You can print a suitable mount, the lens will have to be selected empirically |
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sean perry
seany65
United Kingdom
337 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2023 : 1:51:21 PM
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| Ah, yes, I see. It's obvious when you put it like that, lol. |
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Zenit C festival version
