What the heck did I just buy???

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Topic author: Vlad

Posted on: 20080117165226

Help me out here, I bought it because of the name, but obviously there's something fishy here, but a nice piece for collection no matter what. Maybe I discovered new species [:)]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140199733592&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=004

Anyone knows what this is??? He says it's Minolta and it does look like my X-370... but Zenit???? Not Zenith but ZENIT.. wierd...

Vlad.

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Reply author: nightphoto

Replied on: 20080117173546

The back says "SHANGHAI CHINA / LICENSED BY MINOLTA. So I think it is a Chinese camera designed by Minolta... just named ZENIT.

Regards, Bill

Reply author: Luiz Paracampo

Replied on: 20080117183259

Vlad
foresaying "Zoom" words...
My friend go to...
"ne nashi Zenity"
http://zenit.istra.ru/qa/qa-nonkmz.html
there is the "Zenit DF 300"

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20080117194808

Awesome! Thanks everyone! I'll keep it in my collection for a while [:)]... maybe I'll trade it at some point.. [:)]

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20080117202444

Now that I've thought about I think I made a mistake [:)].. don't need no Chinese camera [:)] I asked the seller if I can cancel the transaction, if anyone wants it he'll probably relist it.

Vlad

Reply author: cedricfan

Replied on: 20080117233007

I want it, before Alain says that he demands it...
It is a son of Minolta. But now made in China, and actually named Seagull there. Name with history back to early 60ies. For some reason they did this Zenit-rebadging, and I truly can't understand why. Seagull had never before done anything illegal like this in their models.

http://www.cedricfan.sivut.ws/Juhani's%20website%20ORIGINAALIT/

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20080117233911

Juhani I'll take it offline with you.

Vlad

Reply author: Luiz Paracampo

Replied on: 20080118100314

About Chinese Zenits....
I do not know why, but several BelOMO Zenits came from factory with Chinese eveready cases! Soon after came Chinese eveready cases with Chinese "Zenits". Those cases are easeiy recognizable in having a die cast "Zenit" namein its front. Those cameras are renamed "Seagulls" DF. Chinese cameras were unknown world wide, so they used the Zenit name to be more widely sold. This happened in the years 90/92 when the Russian Mafia was controlling the desintegrating Ex Soviet Export market. Their General Export Headquarters operated in Panama.

Reply author: okynek

Replied on: 20080118210921

Juhani, you may be interesting about this item as well:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Binoculars-of-Russian-General-Given-to-Chinese-General_W0QQitemZ250204230841QQihZ015QQcategoryZ10955QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20080118211528

Also Juhani if you read this, I sent you a number of emails, please respond, I want to make sure they did not go to your spam folder.

Sorry for OT everyone.
Vlad

Reply author: zavidai

Replied on: 20080119233537

[8D]Son of Minolta....HeHeHe...[8D] Vlad - don't say that I never vistit[8)]

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20080120105901

I won't say that anymore, Boris! [:)].. Boris is a close friend of mine that gets to listen to all my rantings about Soviet cameras all the time and likes to leave his dirty fingerprints on my FEDs [:)]

Reply author: cedricfan

Replied on: 20080120121042

And the beast is now coming to a very happy new owner now, thanks to Comrade Vlad [^]