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Topic author: uwittehh

Posted on: 20090312170758

Hello,

just want to show you some rarities of my collection.

Like new Kiev III from 1954 with "B" on shoe and Orion 15:


http://fotos.cconin.de/ussrphoto/k2or.jpg



Very early Zenit 3 with big engraved name:


http://fotos.cconin.de/ussrphoto/z3.jpg



Zenit 3M without "M" in name and with unnormal "Z":


http://fotos.cconin.de/ussrphoto/z.jpg



Zorki 4 with latin name and unusual "Z":


http://fotos.cconin.de/ussrphoto/z4.jpg



The "KIEV 3.5" (or whatever it is):


http://fotos.cconin.de/ussrphoto/k35.jpg



Happy collecting :-)

Ulrich


http://fotos.cconin.de

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Reply author: mermoz37

Replied on: 20090313054232

nice [:)]nice[:)] nice ...[:)]
congratulations ,
Alain

Reply author: Jacques M.

Replied on: 20090313082633


I love these cameras which seem to be ordinary ones, especially your Kiev 3,5! [:D]
I hope it will be officially classified like that...

Amitiés. Jacques.

Reply author: uwittehh

Replied on: 20090314125734

Alain, yes these cameras are nice, and it was not so easy to find them...

And for that I need space in my closet and so I have some other cameras on ebay now.

Ulrich
PS: Here's the link to my ebay auction, I hope it is OK to post it here in the forum:
http://shop.ebay.de/merchant/witte.u

http://fotos.cconin.de

Reply author: uwittehh

Replied on: 20090314125933

Jacques, we will see if there are more of them. When there are two or three it could be possible, that there were built more... KIEV III/IV would also be a nice name :-)

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de

Reply author: Bull Halsey

Replied on: 20090314140313

I really like the Zenit 3. That's quite a unique engraving.

A very nice group indeed. Congratulations !!

Steve

Reply author: uwittehh

Replied on: 20090314160758

Steve, yes, I like the Zenit 3 also. It is a very early one, the serial number is 6000189, so it is the 189th camera of the Zenit 3 that was made :-)

I have no idea how much of them with this engraving were made but I have never seen one before.

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de

Reply author: Kievuser

Replied on: 20090316035856

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by uwittehh</i>
<br />Steve, yes, I like the Zenit 3 also. It is a very early one, the serial number is 6000189, so it is the 189th camera of the Zenit 3 that was made :-)

I have no idea how much of them with this engraving were made but I have never seen one before.

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de
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That Zenit 3 logo is very nice. I never saw it before.[:)][8D]

zhang

Reply author: mermoz37

Replied on: 20090316063308

you know ...it is very interesting to collect all zenit's 3 and 3M , because differents engravemments....
this one is specially nice [:)]

Reply author: AidasCams

Replied on: 20090316070716

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by uwittehh</i>
<br />Steve, yes, I like the Zenit 3 also. It is a very early one, the serial number is 6000189, so it is the 189th camera of the Zenit 3 that was made :-)

I have no idea how much of them with this engraving were made but I have never seen one before.

Ulrich

http://fotos.cconin.de
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Ulrich,

Appr. 3500 units of this early Zenit-3 camera were issued in 1959-1960. Congrtulations!!! [:)]

Best Regards,
Aidas

Reply author: Kievuser

Replied on: 20090316084036

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Ulrich,

Appr. 3500 units of this early Zenit-3 camera were issued in 1959-1960. Congrtulations!!! [:)]

Best Regards,
Aidas

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Hi Aidas,

Is your site down? I can't log-in since yesterday.

Kind Regards,

zhang

Reply author: AidasCams

Replied on: 20090316091820

Hi Zhang,

my site was working perfectly just few minutes ago ... I don't know the reason you can't access it indeed ... [V]

Best Regards,
Aidas