Zenit ET Black Plastic. No meter/Auto diaphragm

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Topic author: cedricfan

Posted on: 20100415142803

Mine (#9311051) arrived today, NIB with manual and all. Helios 44-3 as lens.
And mine has NO auto diaphgram mechanism in camera, so please check if yours does have the lever inside body?
Instead of meter this ET version has weather symbols in a dial like E/EM-meterdial.
A real cheapie...[V]

Best regards,
Juhani

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Reply author: Poolhall

Replied on: 20100416015752

I have one like that too Juhani its in the wiki-
http://www.ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=73&ParentID=1&ContentID=1126
Serial is 9337674 and I look at it as a plastic Zenit B![:)]

Samsung GX-10,too many Russian Lenses, A lot of Zenits, an Almaz 103 a few Yashica,and finally a Minox35GT

Reply author: RCCCUK

Replied on: 20100416023958

Mine definately does have the auto diaphragm mechanism. It would seem that they used this model, the Zenit-ET, to build whatever they could from the parts available. Has anyone any other versions?

David

(http://www.rcccuk.com)

Reply author: Poolhall

Replied on: 20100416071955

I had another plastic ET about the same time scale with both the Meter and the Auto diaphragm, now in the hands of another of our members,so I think you are right David. According to Alex at Fotoua.com there is also a metered non-auto version too, so that would cover most variations but there sem to have been a huge number of ET types

Samsung GX-10,too many Russian Lenses, A lot of Zenits, an Almaz 103 a few Yashica,and finally a Minox35GT

Reply author: mermoz37

Replied on: 20100416100401

on my shelves there is :
one whithout ligtmeter but auto diaph.
another whith lightmeter and also auto diaph...so I must hunt for one whithout lighmeter and no diaph lever...!!![}:)][}:)][}:)]

(by the way ...if anyone can get for me a Zenit 122 black plastic cocking lever cap ...he will be welcome [:)])

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20100416102925

Somewhat related, I picked up a mostly plastic Zenit-TTL at the camera show in Chicago couple of months back, I'll try to throw that into catalog this weekend for you guys to see.

Vlad

Reply author: cedricfan

Replied on: 20100418142125

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1842010_Zenit ET BELomo 2.JPG

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1842010_Zenit ET BELomo 2.JPG

If I am correct in reading Russian even the box says "no meter" and which lens (here preset 44-3). Manual does list several other lenses also, even automatic

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1842010_Zenit ET BELomo 4.JPG

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1842010_Zenit ET BELomo 4.JPG

And a view of the mount insides, no aperture lever in mine, but a lot of empty space!

Added material to wiki and corrected some. PLEASE ADD MORE SERIAL NUMBERS!

Best regards,
Juhani

Reply author: Poolhall

Replied on: 20100418163143

This version is alrady in the wiki I added it 27/1/2009 also a 93 serial

Samsung GX-10,too many Russian Lenses, A lot of Zenits, an Almaz 103 a few Yashica,and finally a Minox35GT

Reply author: cedricfan

Replied on: 20100418232140

Vlad, how to join two wiki threads?
Looks like David and Richard have both opened topics for practically same camera:
http://www.ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=73&ParentID=1&ContentID=1126
http://www.ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?WikiCatID=73&ParentID=1&ContentID=1326&Item=Zenit+ET+Black+Plastic%2C+no+exp+meter%2C+around+1993

Best regards,
Juhani

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20100419000006

Just need to reupload pictures from one to another and cut and paste the text. I can later delete the duplicate.

Vlad.

Reply author: cedricfan

Replied on: 20100419024847

Thanks! Copied and edited the texts to ID=1326 but I am unable to download the pics from 1126, maybe it is our office firewall [V]

Best regards,
Juhani

Reply author: Poolhall

Replied on: 20100419031857

Pics copied and pasted to 1326 you can delete my original entry now

Samsung GX-10,too many Russian Lenses, A lot of Zenits, an Almaz 103 a few Yashica,and finally a Minox35GT

Reply author: cedricfan

Replied on: 20100419032929

And I have corrected my normal lens list, stupid me not looking from the manual where the list is given...

Best regards,
Juhani