Two interesting Zenit variants

Hi to all.

I came across these two Zenits:
Zenit 122 which I can not see on sovietcams website - it looks like it has some leftover of film info window on the front right side, but it's shallow plastic rim without textured plastic inside.

Black Zenit E from 1973. I don't see black non olympic Zenit E on sovietcams website.

Do you think it's worth notifying Aidas about these specimens? Do you think they are a legit variants?

Thank you for your answers in advance.

http://shrani.si/f/3u/xX/4WQkbE61/zenit122.jpg

http://shrani.si/f/11/O0/pxQCqy3/zenit1222.jpg

http://shrani.si/f/46/NQ/aPBz3cO/zenite1.jpg

http://shrani.si/f/k/UW/3GiOGfWA/zenite2.jpg

The Zenit 122 with Júpiter lens(see symbol "IO")correspond to the first series
The black Zenit E withut olympic symbol is very commom.

Regards
LP

Yeah I've seen the Zenit E like that before but the 122 is quite interesting, never ran into one! Thanks for adding another camera to my search list [:)]. Nice find!

Cheers,
Vlad

I have seen a couple of these 122 and always wondered why it was done like that.

Best regards,
Juhani

Thank you all for your comments. Strange that Zenit E black variant isn't listed on the sovietcams website.

Vlad - if you are interested in this Zenit, I'm not planning to keep it. It's in working condition and I don't see any damage worth mentioning. In very brief search on ebay I saw couple of them, but they are a bit different - mine is marked Made in USSR despite being from 1992, the one on ebay is marked Made in Russia.

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<br />Thank you all for your comments. Strange that Zenit E black variant isn't listed on the sovietcams website.

Vlad - if you are interested in this Zenit, I'm not planning to keep it. It's in working condition and I don't see any damage worth mentioning. In very brief search on ebay I saw couple of them, but they are a bit different - mine is marked Made in USSR despite being from 1992, the one on ebay is marked Made in Russia.
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As far as I know, sovietcams is only about RF lenses (and camera?), not SLR

http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?-1741952736

The version of the Zenit 122 shown above is not described in the sovietcams Zenit 122 section (link above).