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Hey guys,
It's been a while since I last posted�I�ve been pretty busy with my full-time job, personal life, and US camera shows 🙂. Recently though, I spent some time updating the look and feel of the site after 20 years. The goal is to make it feel a bit more modern and improve how it displays on mobile browsers.
It�s still a work in progress and not fully finished yet, but you can check out a preview here:
https://ussrphoto.com/modern
I know everyone�s used to the old layout, so I tried to keep the changes more like a light facelift without altering the overall flow too much. Let me know what you think! Some pages might still show the old style as I continue working on it.
Best regards,
Vlad

Hi all,
I added this supposedly rare Smena Symbol to my collection, does anyone have this one to compare serial #? Mine is 79250290

Best regards,
Vlad

Hey all,
Does anyone know much about repairing the Zenit 16 shutter? Does it need specialist repair or could any film camera repair store do it?
The shutter is only firing at 1/1000 no matter what shutter speed i set it too.

fuji positive film rvp100,my son

Hello,
I fell on this very curious GOMZ Industar 7 some days ago. It is here now.




I don't know when, nor by whom it was made. But that does not look like a "home made" work. I am astonished too by the very early serial number... If anybody has an idea...
Thanks! Jacques.

note :
a "no-name" factory design Lubitel (black front paint whith original rivets) may be to be silk screen rebadged in export or just for International exibition ? (never used)
and an original Kristall whithout usual hammered grey enamel.Seem to be factory made like this : soft matt aluminium (whithout any scratches or cracks)...I can confirm never painted.
serial number : 61018045

Hey,
Does anyone happen to be selling a working Zenit 18?

Hello,
I have received lately a proxi device for Fed 1.

It was certainly prewar made, when the "macro" 3,5/50mm Fed did not yet exist, so before 1938.
An interesting device, with an additional +2 lens which fits only the 3,5/50mm lens, and a very well made correcting finder with two optical parts. All that is connected to the rangefinder, of course. As to make correct photos with all that...🤔

Hello,
I think this might be of interest to you all too, so I have put all my repair instructions, which were scattered all over my website, together on one page.
All pages are still in German, but I will translate them into English in the future.
If you are interested you can have a look: http://ritzelkiste.de/kameras/repair/index.htm
Have fun
Ulrich
http://fotos.cconin.de

All,
Due to a recent massive spammers attacks on this forum, I am temporarily closing new member registration.
It can be opened by request if you would like to register and participate - please email me at ussrphotohelp@gmail.com with a short introduction of yourself and why you want to join and I will open it for a few hours so you can register in the forum.
I will reconsider reopening it in a couple of months to see if spam subsides.
Thanks for you understanding and I apologize if anyone got any spam emails from this site.
Best regards,
Vlad
USSRPhoto.com Admin

Hello,
I want to trade my Contax S 1949 type A s/n 890 with a Sonnar 2,8/18cm s/n 549900V60-2, march 1949, M42 prototype, against a Fed b (1/1000th, slow speeds, 2/50mm lens) of course original.
The reasons: this Fed b misses my collection. I am not such a SLR Contax fan to keep it: other collectors will keep this camera alive much better than me. And I don't sell it because I am very reluctant to mix money and history...

Amitiés. Jacques.

Hello everybody,
My name is Adrian from Basel, Switzerland. Since 15 years I work in Fotohaus Wolf, a classic photo store in existence since 1899. I took over the store in 2019.
We do a lot of second-hand dealing, a big focus on Leica and all kinds of rare and/or interesting cameras and lenses. Also we have a in-house workshop and a lab. Our service technician is from Serbia and he knows quite a bit about soviet gear.
Soviet Camera industry have always been quite a mystery for me though, as there is so much to find out about and there are so many counterfeits and confusing customized cameras.
Recently we were approached by young woman, if we would be interested in maybe taking over a big collection of cameras by her late father.
His name was Guido Studer!
That name rang a bell in the back of my head, I remembered researching some things on his very informative website.
After an initial check of the collection we could agree on a deal and we took over his complete collection. This forum has been of great help getting the needed knowledge to sort out his collection. As i am a dealer (but also a collector, I try not to overdo the collector in me:), as it is dangerous for a dealer) my interest in gear is as good as always coupled to a financial relevance.
I wonder if the community is aware of eventual rarities in guido's collection?
Until now I could identify the following things:
- a square logo Zenit
- 5 early fed's (one burnished chrome) 4digit serials
- a tsvvs (fake)
- 2x fed siberia (one for sure fake)
- a 5 years ussrphoto camera :) (that will go to the in-house collection)
- 10x fed zorkis (minimum 4 fakes)
- a fed red flag
- a kiev iiii with Ukrainian logo (there is one in out licht auction on 25.5.)
- a 35mm F/2.8 BK
- all Zenit up top Zenit 19
- a unknown Zenit 18M (there was a report on guidos homepage about it)
Most of more common gear, we will check service and list in our webshop, some things are already listed there (link at the end). I am 100% sure that I will fail to identify everything of relevance properly...
If you have questions or are maybe looking to take over some things from his collection I am open for fair suggestions, as I feel it's right to offer you guys the chance to have some things from guidos collection.
i am really looking forward to feedback to this message.
best regards from switzerland
adrian
shop.fotohaus.ch

Hello to all,
take a look at this 88-year-old FED 1c. It’s almost unbelievable how good the vulcanite and chrome look.
The vulcanite has a different grain than usual, and the chrome shines exceptionally well.
This camera is likely one of the last ones to still have the small bolt on the bottom cover.




Ulrich
http://fotos.cconin.de

After a long time, something interesting to post: Zenit APk with MC Zenitar-K 1.9/50

Hi guys,
I bought it recklessly a pistol hand grip handle for Kiev 88/Salyut ... but it was sold to me without the metal fixing platform !!!
Can any of you help me with the dimensions/diameters/thickness etc? Maybe with a simple drawing with dimensions.
many thanks to everyone.

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Only dead fish follow the stream ...

Hello,
I have found this rare Zenit B Global. It is in very good condition, inside it looks as if it was never used.
The shutter was stuck, it won't run after releasing, but with a litte bit force I was able to let the first curtain run :-) Now it works smooth.
Unfortunately the lens is not the original one, a silver-black Helios with white digits would be the right one.


Ulrich
http://fotos.cconin.de

This is a wonderful forum with plenty of valuable information and rare data bases. But obviously there are too few to contribute (includes me, shame on me). On the other hand a forum with no newer messages will not attract new visitors. Often it's a month without any message and then there are quite some within days. I have a look nearly every day and then I pass on...
So how about pushing the dates up with this thread every 2 weeks? I would be happy to take on this task. What do you think about it?
www.a7camera.com www.120folder.com www.instantphoto.eu www.135compact.com www.oddcameras.com
www.subcompactcam.com

I heard about LOMO will no more manufacture or sell goods do consumers.
Now the plant belongs to Kalashnikov industies and is going to exclusive weapon manufacture. (weaponized-LOMO)
WHo can say anything about?
Regards to all.

From Beriozhka