TSVVS Photos

Hi Folks,

Here are two photos I took with the 1949 TSVVS Russian rangefinder military camera (Leica copy). It is a very easy camera to use ... smoother than either a FED or any Leica I have used. The lens is the Carl Zeiss Jena f.1.5 50mm Sonnar. It is my favorite Russian camera to use! The second photo is a tractor tire.

http://www.nightphoto.com/images/tsvvsimage1.jpg

http://www.nightphoto.com/images/tsvvsimage2.jpg

Regards, Bill

Hello Bill,

It's AMAZING!!! Following your good experience, I will try to make some samples with my reflex Sport ...

Regards,

Aidas

Hello Aidas,

Thanks for looking at these. I can't wait to see photographs taken with the beautiful and historic SPORT (1st or 2nd single lens reflex made in the world)!

Regards, Bill

These are way too cool, Bill!

Regarding 1st or 2nd SLR, I thought the first was the Exa, and Sport was supposedly the 2nd... or this is still debated?

Hi Vlad,

I think that there is some uncertainty as to which of the two cameras was in the planning stages, or in production first. I think it is pretty clear that the Exa was announced to the press and available first, but there are some clues that SPORT was already in the first stages of production before the Exa, but it is not proved.

That is from the best of my memory concerning a discussion I read about it. I think it is an interesting subject to pursue and when I am back at a computer and home (leaving for ten days) I will try to find the information that I saw.

Regards, Bill

Hi Bill,

Thanks for sharing. It is the first time I saw images made by this famous Soviet camera.

Kind Regards, Zhang

Very Impressive and really good to see Thanks

Samsung GX-10,too many Russian Lenses,some Zenit,Yashica,Pentax Bodies and a Minox35GT

wonderful picture... a prewar sonnar is quite a nice lens...

(about the sport, I'm still looking for a cartridge...)

Stephan

With my TSVVS, a 1949 too, but with a Sonnar 2/5cm.

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/892011_TSVVS Sonnar 001.jpg

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/892011_TSVVS Sonnar 001.jpg

Amitiés. Jacques.

Another one:

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/892011_TSVVS Sonnar 2 001.jpg

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/892011_TSVVS Sonnar 2 001.jpg