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Topic author: fargo fed fan
Posted on: 20100618162444
Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20100620114553
Jay, I have never seen the folding viewfinder Yunkor!!! Thank you very much for posting it, how interesting! Would you mind creating a Wiki entry for it so it's not lost in the forum? It'll be great if you have something that is not already in the catalog, just feel free to add it in there.
Thanks!!!
Vlad.
Reply author: Zoom
Replied on: 20100621133110
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by fargo fed fan</i>
<br />In my collection, I have 2 types of Yunkor, one with the standard viewfinder, and one with a folding finder. I do not find the folding finder in my books. Can anyone help me out?
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Your "Yunkor with a folding finder" is the camera "Pouva Start" from 1952 ( see the page
http://www.zenitcamera.com/archive/juncor/index.html for reference) but with a front label from Juncor (or Yunkor).
So: a fake... ;)
Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20100621184027
Even more interesting!! Thank you Zoom for the catch!! Jay - sorry [:(]
Reply author: fargo fed fan
Replied on: 20100622143552
yes - very interesting....thanks!
jay bjerke
Reply author: nightphoto
Replied on: 20100622165313
Hi Jay,
Maybe it could be a user modification rather than a "fake" made to fool anyone that it is some rare sort of Yunkor. Probably you may know and it could depend on where and when you bought it (and how much you paid).
My idea is that maybe the Yunkor front plate was from a damaged camera and put on this Pouva Start by a Soviet user so that the camera would look more "Soviet", rather than foreign or German. Just a guess or idea.
Regards, Bill
